Software Tools
In this course, we will make use of a variety of software tools. Most
of what you need comes with the book. One exception is a spreadsheet,
which we will use for some numerical experiments. I assume you have
access to and know how to use a spreadsheet. Alternatively, you
may use Mathematica, Matlab, Maple, etc. instead of these tools,
but you will need to be familiar with how these tools work.