Cyclotomic[n, x] gives the n\[Null]^th cyclotomic polynomial in x.

Fold[f, x, list] gives the last element of FoldList[f, x, list].

Uninstall[link] terminates an external program started by Install, and removes Mathematica definitions set up by it.

You can do arithmetic with Mathematica just as you would on an electronic calculator. This is the sum of two numbers. Here the / stands for division, and the ^ stands for ...

We first encountered lists in "Making Lists of Objects" as a way of collecting numbers together. Here, we shall see many different ways to use lists. You will find that lists ...

Converting power series to normal expressions. Power series in Mathematica are represented in a special internal form, which keeps track of such attributes as their expansion ...

You can define the derivative in Mathematica of a function f of one argument simply by an assignment like f'[x_]=fp[x]. This defines the derivative of f(x) to be fp(x). In ...

Differentiating a known function gives an explicit result. Differentiating an unknown function f gives a result in terms of f'. Mathematica applies the chain rule for ...

When you see a two-dimensional expression on the screen, you can edit it much as you would edit text. You can for example place your cursor somewhere and start typing. Or you ...

When you execute a command like NotebookWrite[obj,data] the actual operation of inserting data into your notebook is performed in the front end. Normally, however, the kernel ...