New Mathematica version 6.0
2 May, 2007
Mathematica 6.0 is in many respects a completely new product with several hundred additional ground breaking technologies developed over more than a decade
Mathematica 6 takes technical computing to a new level: more tightly bound, more natural, and more automated, applicable to a far wider range of areas than ever before. Central to this achievement is "instant interactivity" - taking models, simulations, computations, or just about any concepts and turning them into fully interactive applications, sometimes within seconds. This new way of working drastically improves innovation - the process of transforming ideas into highly optimised results.
"In compatibility terms, Mathematica 6 is an upgrade. In capability terms, this is a major new product," said Stephen Wolfram, CEO of Wolfram Research. "Mathematica's been reinvented".
"In 1988, Mathematica transformed scientific
computing from something you hire a programmer to do into something you can
just do yourself. In 2007, the same is happening for live interactive interface
creation," said Theodore Gray, director of user interface technology.
"No other system comes close to providing this kind of nimble, fluid
environment for creating dynamic interactive interfaces, which, because of the
underlying power of Mathematica, often turn out to have astonishing depth and
variety."
It's not just for instant development that Mathematica 6 is newly optimised. The integrated development environment (IDE), allied with Mathematica's advanced programming language and world-leading computational capabilities, makes it ideal for the opposite end of the spectrum--infrastructure development--and everything in between.
"It's a unique facet of Mathematica 6 that it's so
appropriate at all scales: from one-off mini-applications through large-scale
infrastructure projects," said Tom Wickham-Jones, director of kernel
technology. "Whenever you think of doing technical development, think of
Mathematica 6."
"These days, the main hurdle to using Mathematica in
technical work is thinking of using it--its scope is wider than almost anyone
imagines," added Conrad Wolfram, director of strategic and international
development.
Nearly a thousand new computational and interface features enhance Mathematica 6's revolutionary new approach. Several of these would individually classify Version 6 as a major release, and some broaden Mathematica to encompass the capabilities of whole competing products.
Key new features include:
- Dynamic interactivity, allowing sophisticated interactive interfaces to be created from single lines of input
- High-impact adaptive visualisation for automated creation of high-fidelity function and data graphics
- Language for data integration, including automatic integration of hundreds of standard data formats
- Load-on-demand curated data for math, physics, chemistry, finance, geography, linguistics, and more
- Symbolic interface construction for immediate creation of arbitrary interfaces from simple programs
- Automated computational aesthetics, with algorithmic optimisation for visual presentation
- Unification of active graphics and controls with flowing text and input
Mathematica 6 also introduces hundreds of other capabilities and enhancements for:
Integrated geometric computing · Fully automated graph layout · Combinatorial optimisation · Constrained nonlinear optimization · New-generation numerical integration · New classes of special functions · Extended number-theory support · Equational theorem proving · Exploratory data analysis · Symbolic statistical computing · High-level string computation · Extended array operations · Symbolic sound support · Dynamic graphical input · Integrated graphics editing and drawing · Real-time 3D graphics · Built-in gamepad and human interface device (HID) support · 3D printing and scanning support · Instant multimedia programming · Streamlined presentations · Automated table layout · Symbolic report generation · Real-time code annotation · Instant high-level debugging · Extensive in-product and web-based documentation
"We've built the highest base of functionality consistently across all technical areas--quite a different concept than our competitors'," said Roger Germundsson, director of research and development. "They make spikes of specialist functionality--which might work if your needs sit on a spike, but miss completely if you have to do something just a little different, new, or innovative."
"We thought about renaming Mathematica altogether," said Stephen Wolfram. "It's that new. But we decided instead to highlight the ongoing importance of its original symbolic architecture by just calling it Mathematica 6."
Mathematica 6 is available for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS X, Linux x86/Itanium, Solaris UltraSPARC/x86, HP-UX, IBM AIX, and compatible systems.
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