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Mathematica

Introduction

From simple calculator operations to large-scale programming and interactive document preparation, Mathematica is the tool of choice at the frontiers of scientific research, in engineering analysis and modeling, in technical education from high school to graduate school, and wherever quantitative methods are used.

Version

Version 5.0 is currently available at OSC.

Availability

Mathematica is available on the BALE Cluster and the Glenn Cluster.

Usage

Use of Mathematica for academic purposes requires validation. To obtain validation please contact oschelp@osc.edu and ask to be authorized to use Mathematica.

You must use the module command to enable access to Mathematica

module load mathematica

Mathematica is executed by using one of the commands:

math
mathematica
Mathematica
MathKernel

In some cases you must be prepared to take part in an X-11 session. That means that DISPLAY must be set properly and your workstation must allow access from glenn.osc.edu via the xhost command.

You may discover that some fonts are needed. They should be copied to your workstation. To download the fonts, run the following command on the Glenn system:

cd $HOME
tar cf ./BDF.tar /usr/local/Wolfram/Mathematica6/SystemFiles/Fonts/BDF

Download BDF.tar from your OSC account to your workstation and untar it to a directory.

Then you enable their use with the command:

xset fp+ /localpath/BDF
xset fp rehash

"localpath" is the directory on your local machine where you untarred the BDF.tar file. Additionally, the command mcc invokes the cc compiler with options to link with the Mathematica libraries.

Documentation

None currently available