General issues about the internal implementation of Mathematica are discussed in "The Internals of Mathematica". Given here are brief notes on particular features. These ...
RecurrenceTable[eqns, expr, {n, n_max}] generates a list of values of expr for successive n based on solving the recurrence equations eqns.RecurrenceTable[eqns, expr, nspec] ...
The Mathematica function NDSolve is a general numerical differential equation solver. It can handle a wide range of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) as well as some ...
BubbleChart[{{x_1, y_1, z_1}, {x_2, y_2, z_2}, ...}] makes a bubble chart with bubbles at positions {x_i, y_i} with sizes z_i.BubbleChart[{..., w_i[{x_i, y_i, z_i}, ...], ...
RectangleChart3D[{{x_1, y_1, z_1}, {x_2, y_2, z_2}, ...}] makes a 3D rectangle chart with bars of width x_i, depth y_i and height z_i. RectangleChart3D[{..., w_i[{x_i, y_i, ...
ExampleData["type"] gives a list of names of examples of the specified type.ExampleData[{" type", " name"}] gives the default form of the named example of the specified ...
Lighting is an option for Graphics3D and related functions that specifies what simulated lighting to use in coloring 3D surfaces.
DiscreteWaveletTransform[data] gives the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) of an array of data.DiscreteWaveletTransform[data, wave] gives the discrete wavelet transform using ...
FinancialDerivative[instrument, params, ambientparams] gives the value of the specified financial instrument.FinancialDerivative[instrument, params, ambientparams, prop] ...
The numerical method of lines is a technique for solving partial differential equations by discretizing in all but one dimension, and then integrating the semi-discrete ...