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Software Access

• Horizon: Software in the Cloud - https://horizon.uncw.edu/
• MATLAB for students
• JupyterHub for class
• FNC Functions
  • MATLAB
  • Julia
  • Python

Software Comparisons

• Matlab vs. Julia vs. Python - Opinion piece
• 5 open source alternatives to MATLAB
• matlab-to-julia
• Conversions - https://pypi.org/project/oct2py/
• MATLAB vs GNU Octave commands

MATLAB

• MATLAB and Simulink

Python

• Matplotlib Animation Tutorial
• mpmath
• Introduction to Sympy and the Jupyter Notebook for engineering calculations

Julia

• Advanced Topics in Scientific Computing with Julia
• Julia Cheat Sheet
• MIT Binder
• Installing Julia
  • On JupyterHub
  • On Desktop - Also see IJulia (need Jupyter installed to use)
  • FNC Julia Functions

Computer Software

• GNU Octave, Wiki
• Julia
• Maple
• MATLAB and Simulink
• Python, SciPy, NumPy, SymPy, Matplotlib
  • Anaconda
  • Visual Python,
  • (Glowscript)
• R
• SageMath
• Scilab
• UNCW's Horizon: Software in the Cloud
  • Access via horizon.uncw.edu
  • Maple 2020, MATLAB 2021a, Mathematica 12 (?), Spyder (2.7), R (4.0.5).
• Wolfram Demonstrations - Root Finding
• Benchmarks - 2018

CAS - Computer Algebra Systems

• Maple
• Macsyma - history, Saga
• Maxima
• Mathematica
• WolframAlpha
• Reduce
• SageMath
• Computer algebra, past, present and future, Remiddi
• Computer algebra, past, present and future, Davenport
• Larger list
• Wikipedia List of computer algebra systems

Code Examples and Environments

• codeacademy
• Learn Quantum Computation using Qiskit
• A Jupyter kernel for MATLAB and Calysto/matlab_kernel
• MATLAB's Live Scripts and Editor
• Sample FORTRAN Programs

Tutorials

• MATLAB
  • Basic MATLAB
  • Brief Introduction
  • Introduction PDF
• Maple
  • Basic Maple
  • Brief Introduction
  • Introduction PDF
• GNU Octave
  • Octave Jupyter Kernel
• Python
  • Python Programming And Numerical Methods: A Guide For Engineers And Scientists
  • Numerical Programming with Python
  • SciPy Tutorial (2021): For Physicists, Engineers, and Mathematicians (1:33:28)
• Julia
  • Numerical Analysis Class
  • How to Add Julia kernel to Jupyter
  • ValidatedNumerics.jl
• SageMath
  • A Jupyter Notebook from a SageMath tutorial
• Simulink
  • Differential Equations
• Jupyter Notebooks
  • Getting started
  • Using Python, R, Julia and Octave with Jupyter Notebook
  • How to Add Julia kernel to Jupyter
  • Octave Jupyter Kernel
  • I Python, You R, We Julia and Jupyter and multiple Languages
  • Jupyter Notebook Ecosystem
• Hidden Gems from here
• MATLAB–Python–Julia cheatsheet
• Scientific Python Cheatsheet

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