Mathematica at Brooklyn College

Get access to Mathematica Desktop, Mathematica Online, and Wolfram|Alpha Pro

Mathematica is installed in the following locations:

• Computer labs—All public and general labs
• Computer clusters—The Mathematica license for Brooklyn College allows for parallel computing on dedicated research clusters and in ad-hoc, or distributed, grid environments. For details, email Andy Dorsett.

To request Mathematica Desktop, Mathematica Online, and Wolfram|Alpha Pro, follow the directions below.

For Faculty

1. Create an account (New users only).
2. Go to user.wolfram.com and click “Create Account.”
3. Fill out form using an @brooklyn.cuny.edu email, and click “Create Wolfram ID.”
4. Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID.
5. Request access to the product.

Mathematica Desktop

For school-owned machines

1. Fill out this form to request an Activation Key.
2. Click the “Product Summary page” link to access your license.
3. Click “Get Downloads” and select “Download” next to your platform.
4. Run the installer on your machine, and enter Activation Key at prompt.

For a personally owned machine

1. Fill out this form to request a home-use license from Wolfram.

Mathematica Online

1. Fill out this form to request access.
2. Go to Mathematica Online and sign in to access Mathematica Online.

Wolfram|Alpha Pro

1. Fill out this form to request access.
2. Go to Wolfram|Alpha and click “Sign in” to access Wolfram|Alpha Pro.

Students

1. Create an account (New users only).
2. Go to user.wolfram.com and click “Create Account.”
3. Fill out form using an @brooklyn.cuny.edu email, and click “Create Wolfram ID.”
4. Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID.
5. Request access to the product.

Mathematica Desktop

For a personally owned machine

1. Fill out this form to request an Activation Key.
2. Click the “Product Summary page” link to access your license.
3. Click “Get Downloads” and select “Download” next to your platform.
4. Run the installer on your machine, and enter Activation Key at prompt.

Mathematica Online

1. Fill out this form to request access.
2. Go to Mathematica Online and sign in to access Mathematica Online.

Wolfram|Alpha Pro

1. Fill out this form to request access.
2. Go to Wolfram|Alpha and click “Sign in” to access Wolfram|Alpha Pro.

Are you interested in putting Mathematica elsewhere? Please let IT or Andy Dorsett at Wolfram Research know.

Tutorials

Mathematica

These tutorials are excellent for new users, and can be assigned to students as homework to learn Mathematica outside of class time.

Hands-on Start to Wolfram Mathematica

This tutorial helps you get started with Mathematica—learn how to create your first notebook, run calculations, generate visualizations, create interactive models, analyze data, and more.

• Free online course with live Q&A
• Book available in paperback or Kindle form
• Free on-demand training video for desktop users
• Free on-demand training video for Mathematica Online users

Mathematica and Wolfram Language Fast Introduction for Math Students (online book)

Use this tutorial to learn about solving math problems in the Wolfram Language—from basic arithmetic to integral calculus and beyond.

What’s New in Mathematica 12

Provides a list of new functionality in Mathematica 12, and links to documentation and examples for these new features—including blockchain management, audio processing, machine learning and neural networks, and text and language processing.

How-To Topics

Access step-by-step instructions ranging from how to create animations to basic syntax information.

Mathematica Resources

Browse Wolfram’s large collection of learning materials and support resources.

Introduction to Notebooks (interactive open course)

Learn to use Wolfram Notebooks for computing, programming, generating reports and creating presentations with this interactive course.

Wolfram|Alpha Pro

Tour of Wolfram|Alpha

New to Wolfram|Alpha? Take a tour to learn what you can do with Wolfram|Alpha, and explore additional features you get with Wolfram|Alpha Pro.

Examples by Topic

Explore the immense range of areas covered by Wolfram|Alpha’s knowledge base.

Teaching with Wolfram Technology

Mathematica

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.

Teaching and Learning With Mathematica—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.

Preparing and Giving Presentations

Learn how to create a slideshow presentation that combines graphics, calculations, and nicely formatted text, with live calculations or animations.

Wolfram Demonstrations Project

Download pre-built, open-code examples from a daily-growing collection of interactive visualizations, spanning a remarkable range of topics.

Wolfram U Courses on Classroom Resources and Instruction

Access on-demand and live courses on using Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and other Wolfram technologies in your classroom.

Wolfram|Alpha Pro

Discovering the Educational Potential of Wolfram|Alpha—Free Video Course

Get an overview of Wolfram|Alpha and learn how to integrate its powerful knowledge into the K-12 classroom. Different ways of accessing Wolfram|Alpha, using prebuilt widgets in your classroom, and resources available to educators will be discussed.

Wolfram|Alpha in Your Classroom—Free Virtual Workshop For Educators

This workshop showed off many exciting new Wolfram|Alpha features for students and teachers. Learn how to use Wolfram|Alpha to inspire authentic learning in your classroom with access to real-world data.

Calculus Webinar for Educators—Free Video Webinar

Explore functions and their derivatives, integrals and limits using the Wolfram Language. This session shows practice problems with the Wolfram Problem Generator and lesson plans and tips on using Wolfram|Alpha in your calculus classroom.

Physics Webinar for Educators—Free Video Webinar

Learn about using Wolfram|Alpha for your physics class computations to complement your existing curricula. Interesting blog posts and online resources are shared that help foster curiosity in areas such as mechanics, particle physics, optics, and others.

Economics Webinar for Educators—Free Video Webinar

Access a wide range of socioeconomic and demographic data, currency computations, financial indicators, and country data using natural language input. Create stunning visualizations and examine financial equations such as mortgage and annuity through rigorous algorithms.

Research With Mathematica

Rather than requiring different toolkits for different jobs, Mathematica integrates the world’s 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

Wolfram Language Training Courses—Free Video Courses

Explore what’s possible with the Wolfram Language, including programming fundamentals and concepts, built-in functions, symbolic expressions, and tips for better, faster coding.

Introduction to Parallel Computation in the Wolfram Language—Free Video Course

Learn how to create programs that take advantage of multicore machines or available clusters.

Field-Specific Applications

Learn what areas of Mathematica are useful for specific fields.