Installation of Programs ======================== o Running the Programs from the CD-ROM The MathProg directory on the CD-ROM contains the programs. You can access the programs directly from the CD-ROM. Simply load the init.m package with a command of the form Get["full_pathname_of_init.m"] The pathname is system dependent. You can use the frontend's Get File Path menu command to obtain the pathname easily. The effect of reading init.m is to preload all major book packages. The first time you use a function, the corresponding package is read in automatically. o Installing the Programs on the Hard Disk If you use the programs frequently, you should copy the MathProg directory onto your hard disk, into the directory AddOns/Applications (inside your Mathematica distribution) or into your home directory on multi-user operating systems. If you copy it there, Mathematica will automatically find the packages; no further installation is necessary. To preload the packages, give the command Get["MathProg`init`"] The packages from Volume 1 can be preloaded by reading MathProg`init1`. Get["MathProg`init1`"] o Manual Loading for Certain Files Files that are not proper packages (for example, DAG.m), as well as packages that redefine system functions (for example, SurfaceGraphics3D.m), cannot be preloaded in this way. Such files must be read explicitly before their functions can be used. Note that the Combinators.m package is not preloaded either, because it shadows system symbols. Installing a html Browser ========================= The information on the CD-ROM is most easily accessed with a html browser (Web browser). If you don't have a browser such as Netscape, Internet Explorer, or Mosaic available you can download one through ftp if you have internet access. Most of the available browsers can be used free of charge for a limited time or may be freely available anyway. Please consult their copyright notices. The ftp addresses (current at the time of this writing) are: Netscape: ftp://ftp.netscape.com/ Mosaic: ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Mosaic/ Viewing the Hypertext Information If you have a browser installed on your computer you might want to start with the index.htm document. Using Mathematica or MathReader =============================== If you don't have Mathematica installed on your computer you can view the notebooks from this CD-ROM with MathReader, a freely available notebook reader. You can download it from or . The README.nb notebook contains some further information. It is intended for readers who have Mathematica or MathReader, but no Web browser. Contents of CD-ROM ================= The CD-ROM contains these files and directories at top level README this document README.nb a notebook with information about the CD-ROM. Intended for readers without a html browser. index.htm start document for the hypertext information system. Open it with your html browser htmls all html documents Images All images in GIF format MathProg the Mathematica programs. See installation instructions at the top of this file Notebook all notebooks Copyright ========= Copyright © 1996 Roman E. Maeder. All rights reserved. Produced in the United States of America. ISBN 0-12-464993-9 The information on this CD-ROM may not be copied except for personal use of the person who is in possession of the CD-ROM itself. Note that an excerpt of this information is available on the Internet, at . Some of the Mathematica programs in the MathProg directory carry their own copyright notices, which may allow a wider distribution.