Re: Low CPU usage
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- Subject: [mg122197] Re: Low CPU usage
- From: James Womack <james.c.womack at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:43:39 -0400 (EDT)
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I agree. It is a steep learning curve, but once you spend a while using it you begin to see just how powerful a tool it is! On 19 October 2011 10:35, mathgroup <fizzymath at knology.net> wrote: > Ben... > > I can't answer your question , however, would like , for what it's worth, > to > tell you my experience.... > > When I first started Mathematica it was frustrating as hell.....the only > thing that saved me from throwing in the towel was Mathgroup....and their > Expertise is FREE....Amazing!!! > > After a while I reached the point where you can't tear me away from > Mathematica....there are too many things of value in it for me....too many > things that I can do with it that, by hand, would be abominable or > impossible.....I think Mathematica has endless applications whether > Education or Professionally and is only hampered by the Imagination of the > User... > > jerry blimbaum > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Gear > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 6:42 AM > To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Subject: Low CPU usage > > All, > > Frequently when Mathematica is trying to evaluate an expression the CPU > usage on my machine seems remarkably low; one core will be ~70% with the > others only up to ~20%. I'd expect one core at least to be maxed out. The > hard disk isn't being hammered, RAM usage doesn't increase, so my question > is: where is the bottle neck? I'm new to Mathematica so is this normal > behaviour? I'm using 64 bit Win 7. > > On a related note some of my expressions just don't seem to ever return, > particularly those involving Sum[] - again, is this normal? > > My experience with Mathematica so far has mostly been frustrating. I can > get it to do dead simple things, but anything vaguely complex it seems to > choke on. Just getting it to replicate what I can do by hand seems an > uphill > struggle. Do many use it professionally or is it mainly used in education? > > Regards, > > Ben > >
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- From: Ben Gear <bjgear@googlemail.com>
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