People do mathematics, computers don't. Excellent Mathematica is one of the leading mathematics programs, noted for its outstanding graphics and its pattern-matching language. Fair Mathematica's language, command names and syntax are mostly straightforward, and easily understood by anyone proficient in C and Perl, but Mathematica requires a major investment in training before the program can be easily used. The UITS Knowledge Base has answers to several frequently asked Mathematica questions. In addition, Wolfram Research provides some technical FAQs on its web site.
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Fair Mathematica is classified by UITS as Special Purpose software. See the Software Availability Matrix for details about where Mathematica is installed. Fair UITS makes full documentation is available for reference via short term loan from various locations . WRI Technical Support states that students with the student edition will not receive technical support beyond help with installation. Permission to use this document is granted so long as the author is acknowledged and notified.