Center for Computational Mathematics (CCM)

Software Available for Use on CCM Machines

The computing lab is equipped with 10 terminals that can log in to Math. Use Math for any application that is not computation intensive (i.e., any application where the results appear in less than a minute or so). Use one of the other servers for more computation intensive applications. Other available servers include xmath, opt4, kharybdis, skylla and godzilla. These are available by first logging into the math server then by using ssh to connect to the desired machine. For example to connect to skylla type:

ssh skylla
To disconnect and return to math enter:
exit
You can avoid the need for entering a password when connecting to any of these by running the script while connected to math:
ssh_pass
To get detailed processor (speed) information connect to the machine and enter:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
To get detailed memory information connect to the machine and enter:
cat /proc/meminfo
To find out how busy the machine you are connected to is enter:
uptime
Math, P4, kharybdis and skylla have standard Redhat software distribution, including GNU compilers (gcc, g77) and TeX. Currently installed software on Math includes the following. Some applications (including matlab) are available also on other servers.


Portland Group compilers

Start from the command line as pgcc, pgf77, pgf90, or pghpf.
http://www.pgroup.com


GAMS

General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS) is a high-level modeling system for mathematical programming problems. Start by typing gams [filename].
http://www.gams.com


GAP

A computational discrete algebra program. Start by typing gap at the command prompt. Can be exited with Ctrl d.
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~gap


Matlab

Matlab is a tool for doing numerical computations with matrices and vectors. Has packages for image processing, neural nets and other applications. Start by typing matlab at the command prompt. For text interface, start as matlab -nodesktop.
http://www.mathworks.com

Matematica

Mathematica is a full featured symbolic Math and Math authoring package.
This is now avaialble on all servers and freely available for all students, faculty and staff in the CU system.
For details on how to download and install it go to http://sitelic.colorado.edu/mathematica

For an example of how to find the sine of 1 degree to 200 digits using the math engine (part of Mathematica) in a linux shell try:
 echo 'N[Sin[Pi/180],200]'|math
or
 echo -e 'SetOptions["stdout",PageWidth-> Infinity] \n N[Sin[Pi/180],2000]'|math
http://www.wolfram.com

R

Is a statistical computation package (like S plus, but free and with free source code available). Type R at the command line to start. To enable the GUI help start netscape version 4 by typing
netscape4 &
before starting R.
http://www.r-project.com

Open Office

A set of Office applications. This is by Sun Microsystems. This has limited compatability with Microsoft Office products. Type ooffice & to start.
http://www.sun.com

Tex and LaTeX

Standard free document preparation and mathematics typesetting system.

Center for Computational Mathematics (CCM)
University of Colorado Denver
Campus Box 170, P.O. Box 173364
Denver, Colorado 80217-3364
Phone: (303) 556-8442, FAX: (303) 556-8550
URL: http://ccm.ucdenver.edu



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