Mathematica Site License

The University of North Texas System has entered into a site license with Mathematica on behalf of the Denton and Dallas campuses of UNT. The UNT Health Science Center opted to be excluded from this license agreement. Under this agreement, Mathematica is available on both the Denton and Dallas campuses for unlimited installation on University-owned machines used for research and instruction. A home-use option is available for faculty, academic staff, and students at the Denton and Dallas campuses. Details about accessing and using Mathematica are included below.

How to Get Mathematica

Mathematica is currently installed in the following locations:

Computer labs

• Many General Access Computing lab locations. For more information, see individual lab information via the GACL page.

Computer clusters

• Mathematica is available for use on the Talon HPC cluster.

Mathematica can also be installed on:

     Faculty/staff school-owned machines

         Request Mathematica by contacting your College or Departmental IT support group.

     Faculty/staff personally owned machines

         Request Mathematica through this link (no charge.) Our site license number is L2735-5953.

     Students' personally owned machines

         Request Mathematica for Students through this link and download through the Wolfram User Portal (no charge.) *NOTE: Students must register on the Mathematica portal using their UNT EagleConnect e-mail address. For more information about EagleConnect, see here.
 

Please submit one request per person and allow up to 24 hours for approval.

First Steps for New Users

If you are brand new to Mathematica, here are some suggestions on the best ways to get started.

For Teaching

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.

• User Story: Incorporating Mathematica into the College Curriculum (Roanoke College)
• User Story: Exploring Mathematics with Mathematica (University of Illinois)

Mathematica is commonly used in the following types of departments:

Resources for educators

• Sign up for free online seminars, such as "S01: An Overview of Mathematica for Education".
• Download pre-built examples and courseware from the Wolfram Demonstrations Project, MathWorld, and the Library Archive.
• Sign up for the Wolfram Faculty Program, where you can learn from and share with other educators who are teaching with Mathematica.
• Get support and expand your knowledge among the wide range of self-help options in the Wolfram support center.
• Need to compute something on the fly from your mobile device, or while away from campus? Check out Wolfram|Alpha, which lets you explore a wide variety of topics.

For Research

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.

• User Story: Researching Medication Strategies with Mathematica (Purdue University)
• User Story: Mathematica's Role in Natural Resource Studies (Illinois State Water Survey)

Resources for researchers

• Sign up for free online seminars, such as "S01: An Overview of Mathematica for Education".
• Download pre-built examples and courseware from the Wolfram Demonstrations Project, MathWorld, and the Library Archive.
• Get support and expand your knowledge among the wide range of self-help options in the Wolfram support center.
• Need to compute something on the fly from your mobile device, or while away from campus? Check out Wolfram|Alpha, which lets you explore a wide variety of topics.

For Students

Mathematica for Students has all the functionality and versatility of Mathematica, making it the perfect software to give you the edge in your educational and professional pursuits.

• Mathematica can help you master concepts, so you'll do better in school (and after graduation).
• You can use Mathematica for a variety of courses, homework assignments, and projects without needing to buy specialized software for each task.
• Mathematica requires little time investment to learn, so you can start using it immediately.
• Using Mathematica means you'll be learning a software that is used by Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, research labs, and universities worldwide.

Resources for Students

• Get support through the Student Support Forum.
• Sign up for free online seminars, such as "S01: An Overview of Mathematica for Education".
• Download pre-built examples and courseware from the Wolfram Demonstrations Project, MathWorld, and the Library Archive.
• Get support and expand your knowledge among the wide range of self-help options in the Wolfram support center.
• About to graduate? Contact Wolfram Research to take advantage of its Professional Upgrade Offer.
• Need to compute something on the fly from your mobile device, or while away from campus? Check out Wolfram|Alpha, which lets you explore a wide variety of topics, or the Wolfram Course Assistant Apps.

Mathematica Tutorials

The first three 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 Mathematica (videos)

  Follow along in Mathematica as you watch this multi-part screencast that teaches you the basics???how to create your first notebook, calculations, visualizations, interactive examples, and more.
   

• Hands-on Start to Wolfram Mathematica and Programming with the Wolfram Language (book)

  Learn Mathematica at your own pace from authors with 50+ years of combined Mathematica experience???with hands-on examples, end-of-chapter exercises, and authors' tips that introduce you to the breadth of Mathematica with a focus on ease of use.
   

• What's New in Mathematica 10

  Provides examples to help you get started with new functionality in Mathematica 10, including machine learning, computational geometry, geographic computation, and device connectivity.
   

• How To Topics

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

• Learning Center

  Search Wolfram's large collection of materials for example calculations or tutorials in your field of interest.

Contact Information

Address any questions about this page to Jonathan.Starkweather@unt.edu