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Mathematica

Students can request home-use licenses for Mathematica from the Wolfram Student Activation Key Request Form.

Seminar Write-Ups

Need some help doing your seminar writeup? Download our helpful Handout that will clarify the rules and expectations from these writeups.

JAVA
We use and recommend JGRASP to edit Java files. It is free to download from www.jgrasp.org.

You will also need to download the latest JDK from Oracle (formally Sun):http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html.

When installing the JDK, note the path that it is installing to, (for example C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.x_xx). You may want to move this folder to one without spaces, for simplicity (C:\java).

For Windows and Linux, downloads are available from Oracle's website. Download and install the JDK. Oracle also has instructions on their website:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/install-windows-152927.html

Optional: You may need to add the java\bin folder to PATH variable under your environmental variables.

For Mac OS X, Java 1.6 is available through your software updater, or can be found at Apple Support, or from CNet Download. Once your software is installed or updated, you will then need to run:
Applications -> Utilities -> Java -> Java Preferences 
Change the order of Java versions to use (Java application versions) so that Java SE 6 is on the top of the list. Check that Java 6 is correctly activated: You need to run a terminal (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal) and to type the command: java -version 

Fun and Humor
Barbara Ann! - see just how much fun it is in the CC Math Department! (Directed and filmed by former paraprofs Courtney and Benj)
xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language
Brown Sharpie - grad math comic from former Math Paraprof, Courtney Gibbons.

News
Zombie Mathematics?! Read this paper modeling an outbreak of zombie infection.

A recent government report forecasts that math and CS - related jobs will be the fastest growing professional occupations over the next 10 years. 

Worlds first computer rebuilt and "rebooted" after 2,000 years.

Minitab 16

30-day Free Trial (fully functional) is available for download on their website:http://www.minitab.com/products/minitab/free-trial.aspx

Tex
MikTEX and Texmaker editor are available in the Mathematics labs.

You will need to download two programs: the Tex engine, and an editor.

TeX for Windows or Linux PC:
MikTEX Tex Engine, free to download 
proTeXt - based on MikTEX, free

TeX for Mac:
MacTex - free

Editors:

TexMaker Free cross-platform TeX editor
WINEDT a nice graphical Tex frontend editor (30-day trial, fully functional, but will bug you to register after 30 days. Student licenses are $30.)
WinShell free Tex frontend editor (with no trial warnings).

Linux
Linux is used in our computer science courses, and in the computing lab in TSC 209.

A Free, open-source operating system, comes in many flavors. Here are just a couple.
www.fedoraproject.com
www.ubuntu.com
www.centos.org

Other Math Resources

Tutt Library Resources -- Mathematics databases compiled by Tutt Library
Interactive Quizzes on computer science and mathematics topics. 
Workshops/Conferences hosted by the CC Mathematics Department.
Labs and handouts for math and cs software applications
Topology 22 Annual Conference 2005

PPRUMC 2012

Careers
Be an Actuary
Teach for America
Jobs in Statistics
Department of Mathematics Job Resource 

Topics
History of Mathematics
Geometry Project
Calculus Project
Fibonacci Numbers (and the Golden Ratio)

Associations
American Mathematical Society
Mathematical Association of America
MAA Student page
Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Tools
Searching for Math topics
The Math Visualization Toolkit