Basic Objects (Mathematica Tutorial)

Expressions are the main type of data in Mathematica. Expressions can be written in the form h[e_1,e_2,…]. The object h is known generically as the head of the expression. ...

Evaluation (Mathematica Tutorial)

The following is the sequence of steps that Mathematica follows in evaluating an expression like h[e_1,e_2…]. Every time the expression changes, Mathematica effectively ...

XMethods Web Services Example (WebServices Tutorial)

XMethods.com is a website that lists publicly available web services. It is a great place for finding web services and advertising web services that you provide. This example ...

Generate Plots with Two Vertical Scales (Mathematica How To)

Suppose two functions have the same domain and different ranges. Plotting them together using Plot uses the same scale for the y values. To compare the functions, TwoAxisPlot ...

AbortKernels (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

AbortKernels[] aborts evaluations running in all parallel subkernels.

EllipticExp (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

EllipticExp[u, {a, b}] is the inverse for EllipticLog. It produces a list {x, y} such that u == EllipticLog[{x, y}, {a, b}].

EllipticLog (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

EllipticLog[{x, y}, {a, b}] gives the generalized logarithm associated with the elliptic curve y^2 = x^3 + a x^2 + b x.

Haversine (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Haversine[z] gives the haversine function hav(z).

HoldAllComplete (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

HoldAllComplete is an attribute which specifies that all arguments to a function are not to be modified or looked at in any way in the process of evaluation.

Timing (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Timing[expr] evaluates expr, and returns a list of the time in seconds used, together with the result obtained.