Wolfram Research released version 6.0.3 of Mathematica a little while ago now but, as usual, it took me a while to find the time to download and install it.  Over the last month or so I have been bothering various people at Wolfram Research for more details on this new release and I am happy [...]...

The makers of the big mathematical applications usually have some repository of user-generated code, documentation, examples etc. For example Wolfram Research have the Wolfram Demonstrations Project and the Wolfram Library Archive whereas Mathworks have MATALB Central. I really like these sites and often find myself browsing through them when I need help or [...]...

While reading The Times this morning, I came across an article that was discussing a numerical problem faced by the banks in Zimbabwe. Now, in case you haven't heard, Zimbabwe has been suffering from hyperinflation for a while and even everyday items such as bread or beer can cost millions of Zimbabwean dollars. With even [...]...

If you are a user of MATLAB's Symbolic Toolbox then you are a user of the Maple 10 kernel since this is what MATLAB uses 'under the hood' in order to perform symbolic calculations. As of Septemeber 28th 2008 the Mathworks will be switching the kernel of the Symbolic Toolbox from Maple to Mupad. [...]...

I have just returned from the 9th International Mathematica Symposium which was held in Maastricht last week where, among other things, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of Mathematica. The birthday itself was on June 23rd and, as luck would have it, this was also the day of the conference dinner at [...]...