Tutorials for Sage 2010 PREP workshop

This page will be the home of tutorials from the summer 2010 MAA PREP workshop "Sage: Using Open-Source Mathematics Software with Undergraduates" (funding provided by NSF DUE 0817071).

Basic Tutorials

• The first tutorial is about the absolute basics of evaluating mathematics, defining functions, finding help, and annotating Sage worksheets.

• The second tutorial demonstrates the basics of using symbolic expressions and plotting in Sage.

• The third tutorial introduces the most common uses of Sage within the (extended) calculus sequence.

Advanced Tutorials

• There is an introduction to more advanced plotting techniques, in two parts.

• We also provide an introduction to the most basic programming skills needed for advanced use of Sage.

• The interactive capabilities of Sage for classroom demonstration or lab use are relatively easy to use; this worksheet has little dialogue, but shows how one can go from a simple command to a complex "Sagelet" in a slow, step-by-step manner.

Topical Quickstarts

We also have additional mini-tutorials for specific subfields of undergraduate mathematics as implemented in Sage and its components.

• Differential Equations

• Graph Theory / Discrete

• Number Theory / Crypto

• Abstract Algebra

• Linear Algebra

• Numerical Analysis

• Statistics / distributions

• Multivariable Calculus