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Learn Linear Algebra in Five Hours Today with the Wolfram Language!

Linear algebra is probably the easiest and the most useful branch of modern mathematics. Indeed, topics such as matrices and linear equations are often taught in middle or high school. On the other hand, concepts and techniques from linear algebra underlie cutting-edge disciplines such as data science and quantum computation. And in the field of numerical analysis, everything is linear algebra!

Today, I am proud to announce a free interactive course, Introduction to Linear Algebra, that will help students all over the world to master this wonderful subject. The course uses the powerful functions for matrix operations in the Wolfram Language and addresses questions such as "How long would it take to solve a system of 500 linear equations?" or "How does data compression work?"

Devendra Kapadia, Manager of Calculus and Algebra, Algorithms R&D
Education & Academic

Centenary of Bohr’s Atomic Theory (1913–2013)

I had intended to write a treatise describing the history of the hydrogen atom over the last 100 years. Unfortunately, my time is running out this year, so I will content myself instead with this much briefer blog post outlining the major events associated with Niels Bohr's three epochal papers in 1913. The hydrogen atom has been the most fundamental application at each level in the advancement of quantum theory. It is the only real physical system that can be solved exactly (although some might argue that this is also true for the radiation field, as an assembly of harmonic oscillators).
S M Blinder, Senior Scientist, Document & Media Systems
Education & Academic

From Learning to Leading: A Chemist’s Guide to Wolfram Technologies

From preparing food to nourish our bodies to finding cures for terminal illnesses, chemistry is a foundational part of our world. As a computational chemist, you may have a lot to learn to master this subject, but fueled by Wolfram’s collection of educational resources, elaborate simulation functions and research projects, you’ll be ready to tackle this exciting science head on.
Bailey Long, Technical Communications Specialist, Outreach & Communications
Education & Academic

Marking a Milestone: Four Years of Daily Study Groups

Four years ago, as the COVID pandemic wreaked havoc to class and event schedules, instructors and organizations were scrambling to create meaningful learning opportunities for students. In April 2020, Stephen Wolfram challenged the Wolfram U team to establish a unique online program for building computational skills with Daily Study Groups. The program was enthusiastically received by learners of all ages, and, after recently completing our 50th Daily Study Group, this is the perfect time to reflect on the program, celebrate a milestone and look ahead to future developments.
Jamie Peterson, Director, Wolfram U
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Announcing the 2023 Wolfram Innovator Award Winners

Around the world, experts in computational intelligence have worked to push boundaries in the Wolfram technology stack in unique applications across different fields and disciplines. These leaders are recognized with the Wolfram Innovator Award at the Wolfram Technology Conference.

We are pleased to introduce and congratulate the 2023 Wolfram Innovator Award winners.

Danielle Mayer, Director of Outreach and Communications
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Wolfram in the Wild: New Books for Mastering Calculus, Complex Variables and More

From calculus to engineering, Wolfram Language can assist in solving a variety of real-world problems and questions in many different fields. Staying up to date with the latest books written by our users is a great way to see how Wolfram Language can help in your work, studies or hobbies. The authors of the eight new books featured here demonstrate the widespread use of Wolfram Language. We were also able to catch up with three different authors, including Eric Schulz, to speak about their experiences with Mathematica and Wolfram Language and how they use them day to day.
Kayla Stowe, Wolfram Media Paige Vigliarolo, Managing Editor, Wolfram Media
Education & Academic

The Student Perspective: Wolfram Summer School 2022

Learn more and stay informed about Wolfram Summer School!
For the past 20 years, Stephen Wolfram has hosted the annual Wolfram Summer School: four weeks of intensive mentorship and teamwork and the completion of computational and research projects on a variety of topics, ranging from pure math to humanities, engineering, physics and more. Students from all over the world participate in Socratic classroom discussions, lecture series, casual networking events and coding sessions to help them design and complete original projects.
Mads Bahrami, Academic Innovation Support
Education & Academic

Splitting a Point with Mathematica and MathTensor: A Mathematica Memoir

In the past few years, there have been many significant anniversaries in the Mathematica world. This has made me think about my long personal history working with all things Mathematica. Here I present an account of how I got involved with this world, developed my part of it and continue to use it. I show what I think is a unique application that differs from the other thousands of applications in Mathematica or the Wolfram Language presented on the various Wolfram Research websites, Wolfram Community and elsewhere. Finally, I attempt to describe the physics of what I do. The beginning historical part with much name-dropping can be skipped for those who want to read only about technical or physics issues.
Steven Christensen, Document & Media Systems
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