Converting from strings or boxes to expressions. This takes a string and interprets it as an expression. Here is the box structure corresponding to the textual form of an ...

MathLink connections between Mathematica sessions. This starts up a link on port number 8000. This connects to the link on port 8000.

Some common operations on special functions. Most special functions have simpler forms when given certain specific arguments. Mathematica will automatically simplify special ...

Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is a protocol for providing secure transactions between servers and clients. It uses a certificate to identify one or both ends of the transaction. ...

The functions described here are among the most commonly used continuous univariate statistical distributions. You can compute their densities, means, variances, and other ...

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 ...

Consider the matrix differential equation where the initial value y_0 y(0)∈^m×p is given. Assume that y_0^Ty_0I, that the solution has the property of preserving ...

The Mathematica function NIntegrate is a general numerical integrator. It can handle a wide range of one-dimensional and multidimensional integrals. Finding a numerical ...

The function NDSolve discussed in "Numerical Differential Equations" allows you to find numerical solutions to differential equations. NDSolve handles both single ...

GraphPlot and GraphPlot3D calculate and plot a visually appealing 2D/3D layout of a graph. The functions are designed to work with very large graphs and handle both connected ...