Mathematica¶

Overview¶

Mathematica is available on the HPC cluster via the Environment Modules system. The software is installed centrally in:

Terminal

/opt/mathematica

Loading the Module¶

Before using Mathematica, load the environment module:

Terminal

module load mathematica

You can verify it is working by checking the version:

Terminal

math -version

Using Mathematica with SLURM¶

You can use Mathematica either interactively or via batch jobs.

Interactive Job Example (srun)¶

To launch an interactive Mathematica session on a compute node:

Terminal

srun --pty --ntasks=1 --cpus-per-task=1 --mem=2G --time=00:30:00 bash
module load mathematica
math

This starts an interactive kernel on an allocated node.

Batch Job Example (sbatch)¶

To run a Mathematica script (script.m) in batch mode:

Terminal

#!/bin/bash
#SBATCH --job-name=math_batch
#SBATCH --ntasks=1
#SBATCH --cpus-per-task=1
#SBATCH --mem=4G
#SBATCH --time=01:00:00
#SBATCH --output=math_output.log

module load mathematica/14.2.1

math -script script.m

Replace script.m with your actual Mathematica file.

Using WolframScript¶

WolframScript allows inline evaluation or execution of .wls scripts:

Run code directly:

Terminal

wolframscript -code 'FactorInteger[123456]'

Or execute a script:

Terminal

wolframscript -file myanalysis.wls

Submitting as a batch job:

Terminal

#!/bin/bash
#SBATCH --job-name=wolframscript_job
#SBATCH --ntasks=1
#SBATCH --mem=2G
#SBATCH --time=00:10:00

module load mathematica

wolframscript -file myanalysis.wls

For official Wolfram documentation:

https://reference.wolfram.com/language/