Mathematica

Wolfram Mathematica (Mathematica) is a symbolic mathematical computation program, sometimes called a computer algebra program, used in many scientific, engineering, mathematical, and computing fields.

The Wolfram Language is the programming language used in Mathematica.

Flinders University has a site licence agreement and allows for use of Mathematica on all University computers, as well as at home use for staff and students.

Staff can access Mathematica on their University computers through the IDS Support Portal.

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Home use licence

Staff and students can download and access Mathematica on a private/home computer.

Create a Mathematica account using your Flinders email address or sign in using your existing account (requests using personal email accounts will be declined).
You will receive a confirmation email, follow the instructions to validate your account.
Once the account has been confirmed, log into the Wolfram site to request a key and software to download
Once the license request is approved (you will receive a confirmation email), you will be issued with a license code and you will be able to download a copy of the software. The license is only valid until the end of January each year.
More information can be found by logging into your Wolfram account, then clicking on “Mathematica for Students for Sites”.

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After hours or when all staff are busy you will be given an option to leave a voicemail message. Voicemails will be accessed as soon as practical during business hours otherwise you may choose to log an IT support request.