To source the setup files at a UNIX prompt use the command. login file that will source the setup files at login. You can source the setup files at a UNIX prompt or add a few lines to your. You need to source these setup files in order for the software to work properly. Sourcing the setup filesĪt USC we have developed short setup files that set an appropriate path for the software you are using. The commands demonstrated above are also valid in text mode. Mathematica can also be run in text mode in Unix or Xwin environment.

To determine the syntax and default options for any of the plot commands you can type ? commandname, for example ?LogPlot. The following commands can also be used in place of Plot for appropriate plot types: LogPlot, LogLogPlot, PolarPlot, Plot3D, ContourPlot. In Mathematica, functions act on arguments that are inside square brackets, lists are contained in curly brackets ]. The current value of any variable can be retrieved by typing its name at an In line. For example In:=x:=5 would assign the value 5 to the variable x.

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The colon and equal sign (:= ) allow you to define variables. You could then use the command In:=Out+5 or In:=%1+5 that would result in Out=11. For example, the command In:= 6 results in Out=6.

In Mathematica the percent sign (%) refers to the output of the previous command and Out or % number can be used in any subsequent command as input for another command. Mathematica works in the interactive mode by taking input at the In:= statement and then performing the requested operation and giving the result in an Out statement.

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