Summary of New Features in 10.4

A list of key new features since 10.3.

Core Language

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Association — support for pattern matching and significant speedup in many operations

KeyValuePattern — pattern-matching construct for elements in associations

List Operations

FindTransientRepeat — find transient and repeating part of a sequence

Subsequences — all subsequences of a list

Operator Forms

UnequalTo — operator form of Unequal

Mathematical Computation & Algorithms

Number Theory

PolygonalNumber — triangular and other polygonal numbers

MersennePrimeExponent — exponents for which is prime

PerfectNumber — ^th perfect number

MersennePrimeExponentQ ▪ PerfectNumberQ

Calculus

GreenFunction — Green's function for ordinary and partial differential equations

DifferenceQuotient — ordinary and partial difference quotients

Signal Processing

BiquadraticFilterModel — easy-to-specify biquad filters

Cluster Analysis

ClusterClassify — classify based on clusters found in data

ClusteringTree ▪ Dendrogram

Textual Computation & Data

DictionaryWordQ — test if a word is a correctly spelled dictionary word

SpellingCorrectionList — list of spelling suggestions for misspelled words

WordFrequency — frequency of words or -grams in text

WordFrequencyData — data on current and historical word frequencies in typical text

Real-World Data & Quantities

WeatherForecastData — forecasted worldwide weather data

UniverseModelData — cosmological distances, structure, and evolution

Mixed Units

MixedMagnitude, MixedUnit — general support for mixed units (e.g. feet, inches)

Quantities in Probability & Statistics »

QuantityDistribution — a distribution of quantities

RandomVariate — generate random quantity data

EstimatedDistribution — estimate a quantity distribution from quantity data

NormalDistribution ▪ Probability ▪ LocationTest ▪ ...

Geo Computation

DynamicGeoGraphics — interactive geo graphics with panning and zooming

GeoLength — length of a geodetic path

GeoDistanceList — successive pairwise distances between a list of geodetic positions

TravelDistanceList — successive pairwise travel distances between a list of locations

Graphs & Networks

PlanarGraph — graph constructor for planar graphs

PlotTheme — full suite of plot themes for graph-related functions

ConnectedGraphComponents ▪ WeaklyConnectedGraphComponents

Regions & Geometry

Geometrical Computation

ArrayMesh — general mesh constructor from arrays

MomentOfInertia — moment of inertia for any region

RegionMoment — general integral moment for regions

BoundingRegion — simple and efficient bounding regions for point sets

RegionMeasure — support for parameter formulas

Geometry Formats

"DAE" — support for the COLLADA digital asset exchange format

"DXF" — new large-scale support for the DXF format

Images

HighlightImage — dramatically expanded capabilities for highlighting elements of images

DynamicImage — interactive image viewer for panning and zooming in large images

ZoomFactor ▪ ZoomCenter

Visualization & Display

ListPlot — support for wrappers, data labels, and scaling functions

ListLinePlot ▪ ListStepPlot ▪ DateListPlot ▪ DateListStepPlot ▪ ListLogPlot ▪ ListLogLogPlot ▪ ListLogLinearPlot

Dendrogram — hierarchical clustering plot

Highlighted — display any object highlighted

User Interaction

AskFunction — program that can ask questions during execution

Ask — ask for a value if necessary, or just return it if already known

AskedValue — get a value so long as it has already been asked

AskAppend ▪ AskConfirm ▪ AskedQ

AskTemplateDisplay — display an expression with known values inserted

Cloud & Systems

CloudExpression — persistent structured expression in the cloud

CreateCloudExpression ▪ DeleteCloudExpression ▪ CloudExpressions ▪ PartProtection

URLDispatcher — explicitly define how particular relative URLs should be handled

CreateFile — create a new file

External Services

"ChemSpider" ▪ "FederalReserveEconomicData" ▪ "GoogleAnalytics" ▪ "PubChem" ▪ "PubMed" ▪ "SurveyMonkey"

Interpreter Types

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