Useful Software

• You may find some of the following software useful in doing homework and understanding the material in the class.
• ODEArchitect is a toolkit access to which is included with the textbook. It is availble only for Windows systems.
• ODEtoolkit is an web-based toolkit that also runs on Macs and Linux machines : ODEtoolkit homepage
• MATLAB is an interactive environment for numerical computations with an emphasis on matrix computations. It includes very easy to use plotting routines and methods for ODEs. It is available on the Mathematics Department machines.
• Octave is a free MATLAB clone: Octave home page
• Gnuplot is a free 3D plotting package: Gnuplot information