Polymath Program

We will use the Polymath Program in this course. It is a math program, relatively easy to learn. It has several different components: Differential Equation solver, Algebraic Equation solver (linear and non-linear), and a Regression Analysis package.

The Polymath Program (Polymath 6.1 licensed by CHEN for AY 2010-11) can be downloaded from

http://www.polymath-software.com/edu

The download password will be provided during the first class.

You may also purchase the Polymath package including the manual and additional programs from the Polymath Homepage. (http://www.polymath-software.com/).

For all of the Polymath based assignments, you are required to submit the program statement and the graphical and/or tabular results as specified in the problem.

For troubleshooting consult the Support Page  (http://www.polymath-software.com/support/) of the Polymath Homepage .

For additional help, look into help files in the Windows program.

Math Symbols and Functions in Polymath:

addition: +

subtraction: -

multiplication *

division: /

exponentiation: ^ (example, 1.5³ = 1.5^3 )

power of 10: 1.2x10⁸ = 1.2e8

ln( ) = natural logarithm

log( ) = base 10 logarithm

abs( ) = absolute value

exp( ), sin( ), cos( )

For more information on Polymath, look into:

Polymath Homepage