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Wolfram Mathematica
How to Get Mathematica
Mathematica is currently installed in the following locations:
- Computer labs: All public and general labs
- Computer clusters: The license at 91直播 College allows for parallel computing both on dedicated research clusters and in ad-hoc, or distributed, grid environments. For details on how to do this, please contact Andy Dorsett at Wolfram Research.
Mathematica can also be installed on:
- Campus machines: Follow the directions below to download software from Wolfram and request the appropriate activation key.
- Create an account (New users only):
- Go to and click 鈥淐reate Account鈥
- Fill out form using a @oberlin.edu email, and click 鈥淐reate Wolfram ID鈥
- Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID
- Request the download and key:
- to request an Activation Key
- Click the 鈥淧roduct Summary page鈥 link to access your license
- Click 鈥淕et Downloads鈥 and select 鈥淒ownload鈥 next to your platform
- Run the installer on your machine, and enter Activation Key at prompt
- Create an account (New users only):
- Personally owned faculty and staff machines: to request a home-use license from Wolfram.
- Personally owned student machines: Follow the directions below to download from the Wolfram User Portal.
- Create an account (New users only):
- Go to and click 鈥淐reate Account鈥
- Fill out form using a @oberlin.edu email, and click 鈥淐reate Wolfram ID鈥
- Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID
- Request the download and key:
- to request an Activation Key
- Click the 鈥淧roduct Summary page鈥 link to access your license
- Click 鈥淕et Downloads鈥 and select 鈥淒ownload鈥 next to your platform
- Run the installer on your machine, and enter Activation Key at prompt
- Create an account (New users only):
Are you interested in putting Mathematica elsewhere? Please let IT or Andy Dorsett at Wolfram Research know.
The first three tutorials are excellent for new users, and can be assigned to students as homework to learn Mathematica outside of class time.
- (videos)
Follow along in Mathematica as you watch this multi-part screencast that teaches you the basics鈥攈ow to create your first notebook, calculations, visualizations, interactive examples, and more. - (book)
Learn Mathematica at your own pace from authors with 50+ years of combined Mathematica experience鈥攚ith hands-on examples, end-of-chapter exercises, and authors' tips that introduce you to the breadth of Mathematica with a focus on ease of use. - (online book)
Use this tutorial to learn about solving math problems in the Wolfram Language鈥攆rom basic arithmetic to integral calculus and beyond.
Provides a list of new functionality in Mathematica 11, and links to documentation and examples for these new features鈥攊ncluding 3D printing, audio processing, machine learning and neural networks, and text and language processing.
Access step-by-step instructions ranging from how to create animations to basic syntax information.
Browse Wolfram鈥檚 large collection of learning materials and support resources.
Mathematica offers an interactive classroom experience that helps students explore and grasp concepts, plus gives faculty the tools they need to easily create supporting course materials, assignments, and presentations.
Resources for educators
- (free video course)
Learn how to make your classroom dynamic with interactive models, explore computation and visualization capabilities in Mathematica that make it useful for teaching practically any subject at any level, and get best-practice suggestions for course integration. - (video tutorial)
Learn how to create a slideshow for class that shows a mixture of graphics, calculations, and nicely formatted text, with live calculations or animations.
Download pre-built, open-code examples from a daily-growing collection of interactive visualizations, spanning a remarkable range of topics.
Access on-demand and live courses on Mathematica, SystemModeler, and other Wolfram technologies.
Rather than requiring different toolkits for different jobs, Mathematica integrates the world鈥檚 largest collection of algorithms, high-performance computing capabilities, and a powerful visualization engine in one coherent system, making it ideal for academic research in just about any discipline.
Resources for researchers
- (free video course)
Explore Mathematica鈥檚 high-level and multi-paradigm programming language, support for parallel computing and GPU architectures, built-in functionality for specialized application areas, and multiple publishing and deployment options for sharing your work. - (free video courses)
Explore what鈥檚 possible with the Wolfram Language, including programming fundamentals and concepts, built-in functions, symbolic expressions, and tips for better, faster coding. - (free video course)
Learn how to create programs that take advantage of multicore machines or available clusters.
Learn what areas of Mathematica are useful for specific fields.