NAME
          math - Mathematica kernel

     SYNOPSIS
          math

     DESCRIPTION
          The math command runs the Mathematica kernel under a shell.
          The full Mathematica system with its notebook front end is
          started under the X Window System using mathematica.

          Mathematica is an integrated system for technical
          computation, with extensive numerical, symbolic, graphical,
          programming, and interfacing capabilities.

          math normally reads lines from standard input, waiting until
          a syntactically complete expression has been entered, then
          evaluates the expression and prints any result to standard
          output.  Input and output can be redirected by commands
          within the Mathematica language.

          math -mathlink provides a program-level interface to the
          Mathematica kernel, exchanging commands and data through the
          MathLink communication standard.

          math normally produces graphics in PostScript form, sending
          them to a file or external command specified by the
          Mathematica variable $Display. (See motifps and psrender.)

          math reads the initialization file init.m, if it exists, and
          executes Mathematica commands in this file. math searches
          for init.m first in user-specific directories
          ~/.Mathematica/3.0/Kernel and then in a site-wide directory
          Configuration/Kernel.

          If no command-line options are explicitly given, math will
          read the values of the operating system variable $MATHINIT,
          and will use these values like command lines.

          Unless the Mathematica variable $IgnoreEOF is set to True,
          Mathematica exits when it receives an end-of-file.  It will
          always exit when given the input Quit.

          The math command is a shell script, which runs an executable
          named MathKernel. The math shell script temporarily modifies
          the Unix PATH environment variable.  The new path variable
          is used when shell commands are issued from inside
          Mathematica.

     OPTIONS
          -password name
               Use the specified Mathematica password.

          -pwfile file
               Read Mathematica passwords from the specified file.

          -pwpath directory
               Read Mathematica passwords from the file mathpass in
               the specified directory.

          -run command
               Run the specified Mathematica commands.

          -initfile file
               Read the specified initialization file.

          -initpath directory
               Read Mathematica init.m file in the specified
               directory.

          -noinit
               Do not run initialization files.

          -x file
               Set up the state of the session from the specified dump
               file.  This option is not supported on some machines.

          -mathlink
               Communicate via MathLink. This switch should be used
               only by MathLink-compatible programs such as the
               Mathematica notebook front end.

          -lmverbose
               Print information on interactions with the mathlm
               network license manager.


     FILES
          File locations are determined at installation time, or when
          the Mathematica distribution CD-ROM is mounted.

     SEE ALSO
          mathematica(1), mathlm(1), mcc(1)

          On-line documentation available through the Help menu within
          the Mathematica notebook front end

          S. Wolfram, The Mathematica Book, 3rd ed., Wolfram
          Media/Cambridge University Press, 1996

          Getting Started with Mathematica (distributed with
          Mathematica)

          Wolfram Research web site, http://www.wolfram.com

     AUTHOR
          Wolfram Research, Inc.


     NOTES
          Mathematica and MathLink are registered trademarks of
          Wolfram Research.

          Copyright (c) 1988-1996 Wolfram Research, Inc.  All rights
          reserved.