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Global Computation Settings & Parameters
Mathematica
is built to handle arbitrarily large computations—limited only by computer time and memory—and provides a collection of convenient global safety features to prevent programs from going out of control.
Limiting Computations
$RecursionLimit
—
maximum recursion depth
$IterationLimit
—
maximum number of iterations
$MaxPiecewiseCases
▪
$MaxRootDegree
TimeConstrained
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MemoryConstrained
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TimeConstraint
Numerics
$MaxExtraPrecision
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$MinPrecision
▪
$MaxPrecision
▪
$NumberMarks
Computational Parameters
$Assumptions
—
global assumptions to make about variables, etc.
Internals
$ModuleNumber
▪
$SessionID
SystemInformation
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Options
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CurrentValue
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