Computer Programming

You may want to write programs to help with routine computations as well as to simulate stochastic processes.
One software choice is Mathematica . On-line documentation can be found here.
The software is available to registered students at UCD Math Computer Resources.
To obtain a computer account in the Math Dept complete the form available here .
This is a short introduction to the use of Mathematica: [pdf].
This is a short introduction to control structures in Mathematica [pdf] .