Using a Computer Algebra System to Teach the Finite Element Method
Shirley B. Pomeranz · 2000
This paper describes how the computer algebra system, Mathematica, can be used to introduce students to the finite element method. Typical students are juniors, seniors, and beginning graduate students in mathematics, computer science, and various engineering disciplines. Students were given template code. They were instructed to modify the code in order to solve two-dimensional elliptic boundary-value problems and to verify the correctness of their numerical solutions