Mathematica - Technical Information

Contents

Current Version
Computer Requirements
Frequently Asked Questions
Discussion List

Current Version: 4.1 - What's new in Mathematica 4.0.1

Platforms: Windows (95 and NT), Macintosh, PowerMac, Unix

License types: Single user, Multiple user, Site licenses and Student licenses

System Requirements:

  • Windows (95, NT3.51): 486+ processor, 8 Mb RAM, 30-116 Mb Disk Space
  • Mac: 680x0 (MacOS 7.1), 9 Mb RAM, 30-118 Mb Disk Space
  • PowerMac: PowerPC (MacOS 7.1.2), 9 Mb RAM, 32-122 Mb Disk Space
  • Linux: x86 (a.out 1.2 and ELF 2.0), 16 Mb RAM, 125 Mb Disk Space
  • Unix: 16 Mb RAM, 100-115 Mb Disk Space, and:
    • SPARC (SunOS 4.1.2, Solaris 2.4)
    • DEC AXP (Digital Unix OSF/1 3.0)
    • HP PA-RISK (HP-UX 10.10)
    • IBM RS/6000 (AIX 4.1)
    • Silicon Graphics (IRIX 5.3)
  • NEXTSTEP 3.0: Motorola, x86, HP PA-RISC, SPARC, 16 Mb RAM, 100 Mb Disk Space
  • IBM OS/2: v2.0, 8 Mb RAM, 10 Mb Disk Space
  • DEC Open VMS: v7.0, 16 Mb RAM, 21 Mb Disk Space

Frequently Asked Questions

Wolfram Research maintains a comprehensive list of FAQ's on their Web

Discussion List - MathGroup

MathGroup is a moderated email list and internet newsgroup. The email list formed in the late 1980s shortly after the introduction of Mathematica. Since 1994, messages to the MathGroup email list have also appeared in the moderated newsgroup comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica.*

MathGroup members number in the many thousands from all over the world and include most of the leading experts in the use of Mathematica. The group is very active--currently averaging about 30 to 40 messages a day--and growing.

MathGroup is not just a simple list server that forwards mail. Rules governing its use are sent to each new member after joining and can also be found at the MathGroup web site.

MathGroup was founded and is moderated by Steve Christensen, one of the first Mathematica users, codeveloper of the MathTensor software, and a consultant on Mathematica and other scientific computing issues to a number of computer hardware and software companies and university researchers.

To subscribe to MathGroup, send email to mathgroup@wolfram.com and ask to be added to this mailing list. Make sure to send a valid email address. To see the newsgroup, subscribe to it in the same way you would to any newsgroup.