Introduction to Programming with Mathematica CPSC 215 - L02 - Winter 2002 Christian Jacob Course Outline

		I. The Basics of Mathematica Jan. 14
		II. Information Visualization and Graphics Programming
			Assignments, Functions, and Graphs in 2D and 3D Jan. 16-18, Jan. 21
				Simple Plots
				Symbols and Assignments
				Delayed vs. Immediate Assignments
				Defining Functions
				Plot Functions in 2D and 3D
				Parametric Plots, Contour Plots, Graphics Objects
				Animations
		III. Programming with Lists
			Lists as Multipurpose Data Structures Jan. 23, Jan. 25/28/30, Feb. 01
				Creating Lists
				Manipulating Lists
				Extracting List Elements
			Calculating with Lists Feb. 04, Feb. 06/08, Feb. 11
				Automatic Operations
				Mapping Functions on Lists
				Pure Functions
				List Elements as Arguments to Functions
		Midterm (Monday, February 25, 2002) Sample Midterm (Fall 2001)
		IV. Mathematica Programming in Detail
			Expressions Mar. 04-08, SampleNotebook, NotebookProg
				Everything is an Expression
				Programs as Expressions
				Data Structures as Expressions
				Notebooks as Expressions
			Patterns Mar. 11-15
				Simple Patterns
				Patterns with Constraints
				Patterns with Conditions
				Pattern Matching on Lists
				Pattern Matching on Expressions
				Programming through Pattern Matching
			Evaluation of Expressions Mar. 20-22
				Associated Definitions
				Attributes of Functions and Symbols
				The Evaluation Process for Expressions
		V. Programming Paradigms Mar. 25 ...
			Functional Programming
			Rule-Based Programming
			Procedural Programming
			Combining Different Programming Paradigms
		Final Exam (Friday, April 26, 2002) Sample Final Exam (Fall 2001)

 

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