This book is a short, focused introduction to Mathematica, the comprehensive software system for doing mathematics.This book is a short, focused introduction to Mathematica, thecomprehensive software system for doing mathematics. Written for thebeginning user, this engaging book contains an explanation of essentialMathematica commands, as well as the rich Mathematica interface forpreparing polished technical documents.Mathematica can be used to graph functions, solve equations, performstatistics tests, and much more. In addition, it incorporates wordprocessing and desktop publishing features for combining mathematicalcomputations with text and graphics, and producing polished, integrated,interactive documents.This book is a short, focused introduction to Mathematica, thecomprehensive software system for doing mathematics. Written for thebeginning user, this engaging book contains an explanation of essentialMathematica commands, as well as the rich Mathematica interface forpreparing polished technical documents.Mathematica can be used to graph functions, solve equations, performstatistics tests, and much more. In addition, it incorporates wordprocessing and desktop publishing features for combining mathematicalcomputations with text and graphics, and producing polished, integrated,interactive documents.This book is a short, focused introduction to Mathematica, the comprehensive software system for doing mathematics. Written for the novice, this engaging book contains an explanation of essential Mathematica commands, as well as the rich Mathematica interface for preparing polished technical documents. Mathematica can be used to graph functions, solve equations, perform statistics tests, and much more. In addition, it incorporates word processing and desktop publishing features for combining mathematical computations with text and graphics, and producing polished, integrated, interactive documents. You can even use it to create documents and graphics for the Web.lSR