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Improving Your Research and

Development Workflow with

Mathematica

Mathematica provides a complete workflow for modeling, analysis, development, and

deployment, letting you concentrate on your work instead of your software.

Incorporating the latest numerical and symbolic algorithms, Mathematica gives high-

accuracy and high-reliability results for datasets of almost unlimited size, includes import

and export functions for hundreds of data formats, and produces professional quality

visualizations. This information kit includes case studies, interactive Demonstrations, and

more ways for you to explore whatMathematica can do for you.

What's Covered in This Information Kit:1. A Measure of Success: Designing Hearing Aid Parts with MathematicaPortrait of Success video

with Daniel Warren

2. Geared for Success: Optimizing Face Gear Surfaces in MathematicaPortrait of Success video with

Steve Bush

3. Mathematica in Action and Presenting in NotebooksVideo overviews ofMathematica 7

4. From the Wolfram BlogWolfram employees share some interesting uses ofMathematica

5. Wolfram Demonstrations ProjectTMInteractive Demonstrations across a range of subjects

6. FREE Trial Offer

Contact Us: Ph. +1-217-398-0700 | 1-800-WOLFRAM (U.S. and Canada only) | [email protected]


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Case Studies

Innovators in a variety of fields find Mathematica indispensable for research and development. Here,

two engineers discuss how the software helped them create new products.

A Measure of Success: Designing Hearing Aid Parts with Mathematica

"What Mathematica allowed me to do was focus on each individual part of the problem, and then I

throw it all to Mathematica and let it solve everything as a big system for me."

When his team struggled with a measurement standard in its design, Daniel Warren turned toMathematica and found an instant solution.

Mathematica is an essential part of Warren's position as director of research for Knowles Electronics,

one of the only companies in the world that designs microphones and speakers for hearing aids. Warren

uses Mathematica to develop and test the new technologies that keep the company's products at the

industry's forefront.

To hear Daniel Warren speak about his work with Mathematica, please visit

http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/portraits/danielwarren

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Geared for Success: Optimizing Face Gear Surfaces in Mathematica

"You can do a lot within Mathematica optimizing the surface before you ever get to the relatively

expensive part of doing product design."

In Steve Bush's role developing household consumer items at The Procter & Gamble Company, he's

involved in the physics behind products as well as their economic feasibility, and Mathematica gives him

the tools to evaluate both.

He first turned to Mathematica to solve complex equations for a customized gear application and was

immediately impressed by Mathematica's implementation and precision. Bush says, "Numerically, it's

powerful enough not only to create the geometry but also to show how the product is going to work in

real life where things are not necessarily perfect. Being able to turn math or theory into workingprototypes in such an efficient way is really worth a lot to us."

To hear Steve Bush speak about his work with Mathematica, please visit

http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/portraits/stevebush

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Videos

The Wolfram Screencast and Video Gallery features videos on all aspects ofMathematica, from tutorials

to case studies.

Mathematica in Action

See Mathematica in action in this two-minute video that covers computation, visualization, data

integration, and application development.

Watch the video athttp://www.wolfram.com/broadcast/screencasts/tour

Presenting in Notebooks

Turn your Mathematica documentsincluding notes, programs, and resultsinto interactive

presentations. Watch this brief video to see how.

Watch the video athttp://www.wolfram.com/broadcast/screencasts/presentingnotebooks

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From the Wolfram Blog

These interesting posts from the Wolfram Blog show just a few of the ways Mathematica can be used

for modeling, computation, and other analyses.

Twisted Architecture

Chris Carlson, User Interface Group

I didnt set out to tie knots in Norman Fosters Hearst Tower or wrinkle his

Gherkin, but I got carried away. Its one of the occupational hazards of

working with Mathematica.

It started with an innocent experiment in lofting, a technique also known as

skinning that originated in boat-building. I wanted to explore some three-

dimensional forms, and a basic lofting function seemed like a quick ticket to

results. I dashed off the function Loft, which takes a stack of three-

dimensional contours and covers it with a skin of polygons.

To read more, visit http://blog.wolfram.com/2009/09/11/twisted-

architecture

The Incredible Convenience ofMathematica Image Processing

Theodore Gray, Cofounder and Director of User Interfaces

Mathematica 7 adds a suite of image processing functions

from trivial to highly sophisticated. To apply them to images,

you dont need to use any form of import command or file

name references. Just type the command you want to use,

then drag and drop the image from your desktop or browser

right into the input line.

To read more, visithttp://blog.wolfram.com/2008/12/01/the-

incredible-convenience-of-mathematica-image-processing

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Demonstrations

The Wolfram Demonstrations Project contains thousands of free interactive visualizations, from

educational introductions to professional tools. They give examples of the kinds of things you can do in

Mathematica.

Spring Mass Dampener (SMD) System with Proportional Derivative (PD) Controller

This Demonstration shows a spring mass dampener system (SMD) with a

proportional derivative (PD) controller in the time domain. The simulation

includes a general solution for a free system with initial conditions

(including under-, over-, and critically-damped conditions).

This Demonstration lets you change the initial conditions and the

parameters of the problem. You can experiment with the proportional and derivative controller gains tosee the results in real time. The motion can also be automated, to simulate the dynamics in real time,

using the trigger.

For more information about this Demonstration, please visit

http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/SpringMassDampenerSMDSystemWithProportionalDerivativePDContr

Mechanical Involute Gears

The parameters control the shapes of gears for a rack and gear mechanism.

Only some choices would allow the system to work without cogs getting

stuck.


http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/MechanicalInvoluteGears

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Radial Engine

This Demonstration shows a working model of a 4-stroke radial engine.

Unlike a straight cylinder engine, the cylinders are connected to the

crankshaft using a single hub with a master-and-articulating rods assembly.

For smooth firing order, most 4-stroke radial engines have an odd number

of cylinders.


http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/RadialEngine

Steady-State Temperature Profile of Two-Layer Pipe

This Demonstration shows the steady-state temperature profile of a two-

layer pipe with constant interior and exterior surface temperatures.

You can vary the radii of the two material layers, their respective

conductivities, and the two surface temperatures. You can see the

resulting temperature profile as a function of pipe radius, with a slope

discontinuity at the interface of the two materials. By minimizing the

conductivity of one of the materials, an insulating layer can be simulated.


http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/SteadyStateTemperatureProfileOfTwoLayerPipe

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