Symmetric Polynomials (Mathematica Tutorial)

A symmetric polynomial in variables x_1,…,x_n is a polynomial that is invariant under arbitrary permutations of x_1,…,x_n. Polynomials are called elementary symmetric ...

ExportString (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ExportString[expr, " format"] generates a string corresponding to expr exported in the specified format. ExportString[rules, {"format", "Rules"}] gives explicit rules for ...

Fonts on Linux (Mathematica Tutorial)

Dealing with fonts under Linux can sometimes be tricky. The important issues in dealing with fonts in Mathematica are presented in this tutorial for your convenience. The ...

Search for Help (Mathematica How To)

You can search for Mathematica help from within Mathematica or on the Wolfram Research websites. The complete documentation is available in every copy of Mathematica as well ...

FLV (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

Registered MIME type: video/x-flv Adobe/Macromedia Flash video file. Used for compositing Flash animations with Flash authoring software, or for playback through a ...

SWF (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

Registered MIME type: application/x-shockwave-flash Adobe/Macromedia Flash file format. Used for interactive and animated vector graphics, video and sound on the web. SWF is ...

XHTML (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

Registered MIME type: application/xhtml+xml XHTML markup language and file format. XML-based reformulation of HTML. XHTML is an acronym derived from Extensible Hypertext ...

FinancialData (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FinancialData["name"] gives the last known price or value for the financial entity specified by " name".FinancialData["name", start] gives a list of dates and daily closing ...

DefineDLLFunction (NETLink Symbol)

DefineDLLFunction["func", " dll", rtype, atypes] returns a Mathematica function that calls the specified function func with argument types atypes and return type rtype in the ...

Combinatorial Functions (Mathematica Tutorial)

Combinatorial functions. The factorial function n! gives the number of ways of ordering n objects. For non-integer n, the numerical value of n! is obtained from the gamma ...