Some of the most powerful mathematical software is freely-downloadable and open-source. This book shows how to download it, install it, and explores the use of such software, coveringFourier series: the Heat and Wave equationslinear and nonlinear differential equationsorthogonal polynomialslinear algebra, least-squares problems, and linear programmingnonlinear algebraroboticsproblems of evasion and pursuitspecial functionsEuler's Zeta function and the Riemann HypothesisThis book assumes the reader has knowledge of basic calculus and algebra and gives references when necessary.
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