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    Introductory Physics - Physics 150 Fall 2008

  • Physics 150 Syllabus
  • Physics 150 Practice Exam 1
  • Physics 150 Practice Exam 2
  • Physics 150 Practice Final Exam

    Relativity, Spacetime, and Gravity - Physics 370 Fall 2008 Hobart & William Smith Colleges

    It is useful to learn how to use a computer algebra system such as Maple® or Mathematica® in the advanced physics courses. Maple® and Mathematica® are commercial products and fairly expensive. However, there are a few free computer algebra programs available on the net. Macsyma, one of the oldest computer algebra systems, was developed at MIT. The program evolved into several different versions, one of which was a commercial program that died only a few years ago. Another, Maxima, was developed with Department of Energy money and was released under the GPL relatively recently. You can get Maxima for Windows here.
  • Maxima 5.9.2 for Windows

    Just in case you're interested, the full source code is available too. (The license requires that the source be available whenever a pre-compiled version is provided, but for the purposes of this course you can just ignore it.) There is also a Maxima Home Page on Sourceforge . Maxima for the Macintosh can be installed using FinkCommander if you have the X11 Window system and FinkCommander packages installed on your Mac. Axiom is another computer algebra system, which you can read about and download from Axiom FrontPage . Axiom used to be a commerical product but is now under GPL. Don't ask me how to use Axiom, but you can ask me simple questions about Maxima.

  • Physics 370 Syllabus

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