CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgments XVIl CHAPTER 1 Getting Started 1.1 Starting mathematica 1.2 Entering Expressions 1.3 Editing Cells 1.4 Basic Arithmeti 1.5 Using Previous Results 1.6 Exact versus Approximate 111234569 1.7 Using Functions 1.8 Using variables 1.9 Using Comments 1.10 Suppressing Output 13 1.11 Aborting a Calculation 1.12 Lists 1.13 Palettes 1.14 Saving and Printing Our Work 1.15 Getting Help 1.16 Find Out MoreCONTENTS Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii CHAPTER 1 Getting Started 1 1.1 Starting Mathematica 1 1.2 Entering Expressions 1 1.3 Editing Cells 2 1.4 Basic Arithmetic 3 1.5 Using Previous Results 4 1.6 Exact versus Approximate 5 1.7 Using Functions 6 1.8 Using Variables 9 1.9 Using Comments 12 1.10 Suppressing Output 13 1.11 Aborting a Calculation 16 1.12 Lists 17 1.13 Palettes 20 1.14 Saving and Printing Our Work 23 1.15 Getting Help! 23 1.16 Find Out More 25 Quiz 26