Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Dennis C. Smolarski, S.J.'s
Math 60 (Scientific Programming)
Information Page

Winter Quarter 2006

Class Notes

Assignments and Programs

Math 10 Unix Notes

More references to on-line help on Unix is listed a few sections below.

On-Line Information about Octave (Matlab Clone) and Matlab

• Octave homepage
• Octave Manual
• A Brief Introduction to Octave (Part of the Manual in the previous link)
• Octave/Matlab Links Page
• Octave Quick Reference Card (3 pages -- in Postscript Format) (for v. 1.1.0)

• Getting Started with Matlab
• Matlab Introduction
• Control Tutorials for Matlab (Carnegie Mellon, Univ. of Michigan)
• Matlab Primer (Version 2.0 -- html)
• Matlab Primer (Version 3.0 -- PDF format -- Acrobat Reader needed)
• Matlab Primer (Version 3.0 -- PDF format -- Reduced size, 4 pages per sheet -- Acrobat Reader needed)
• Numerical Computing with Matlab by Cleve Moler

• Scilab home page (Alternative Matlab clone)
• Comparison of Matlab and Scilab commands

Classroom and Internet Guidelines

• Classroom Etiquette and Courtesy
• Netiquette Guidelines (or suggested Etiquette rules for the world of Cyberspace)

Auxiliary Course Information

• General Information (Modem Numbers, Using Emacs via Telnet or Modems, Misc.)
• Important Dates and Information and TA Hours
• Midterm I Review
• Midterm II Review
• Midterm II Postmortem NEW

Free Fortran-90/95 Compilers (for Windows and/or Linux)

• Salford Fortran 95 compiler (free to non-commercial users)
• G95 -- Project to create a free, open source Fortran 95 compiler and run-time libraries

Additional Links for Fortran

• Fortran for Environmental Science by Brian Hanson (Univ. Deleware). A very complete, easy to read manual for Fortran 95 for non-CS students.
• Pascal/FORTRAN/C++ Overview/Review
• High Performance Fortran Forum Home Page
• Fortran Standards Technical Committee (Including a link to the Fortran-2003 Draft Standard [May 10, 2004])
• Fortranplus (Fortran training courses)
• Fortran2000.Com -- All about Fortran Website -->
• The F Programming Language Homepage (Subset of Fortran-90 and HPF) (Includes a link to a free compiler.)
• Fortran Tutorials
• Fortran 90 Tutorial
• Fortran and Fortran-90 resources on the Internet (Yahoo link)
• Fortran 90 for the Fortran 77 Programmer (Tutorial)
• Introduction to Object-Oriented Concepts using Fortran 90
• http://www.netlib.org is a repository of mathematical software and other information. One can browse its "Netlib" respository and find eispack (eigenvalue/vector software) or linpack (linear algebra package) and download Fortran code for use.
• Cranfeld Univ., Applied Mathematics and Operational Research, Short Courses (Includes contemporary short courses in Scientific Programming with Fortran-95, Fortran-2003, and Matlab.)

On-Line Unix Tutorials

• Caltech Unix Tutorial
• University of Utah Unix Tutorial
• Unix Tutorial
• Using the Unix Operating System
• Which Unix Shell Should I Use?

On-Line CDE (Common Desktop Environment) Tutorial

• Tutorial for CDE (from Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Information About Web Pages and HTML

• Information for Creating Homepages at SCU
• HTML Quick Reference Guide
• HTML/Web Page Color Guide

Miscellaneous

• Novell Information (Network Passwords and GroupWise Passwords)
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Information
• Printing to the HP LaserJet Printer in O'Connor 30

Other Useful Links For Programming Languages

• Univ of Illinois CS 125 (Intro. to Computer Science) Homepage (Taught in Java) for Fall 2005
• Univ of Illinois CS 225 (Intro. to Data Structures) Homepage (Taught in C++) for Fall 2005

My email address is dsmolarski at scu.edu
This information page last updated 20 June 2008, new link added 13 May 2011, link deleted Nov 7, 2011, link corrected May 16, 2016.