Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-second Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Chicago, Illinois, March 11-14, 2010

Paper S102

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Dynamical Mathematics with Mathematica

Samer Habre


Lebanese American University

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ABSTRACT

The dynamical feature of many of the mathematical software programs available for the learner can largely contribute to an enhancement to the understanding of mathematical concepts. Examples of how the dynamical aspect of Mathematica is exploited in undergraduate classes are presented. Examples vary from graphing polar curves to the phase portraits of linear systems of differential equations to the classification of the fixed points of the quadratic family.

Keyword(s): Mathematica