$DateStringFormat (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$DateStringFormat gives the default format to use for date strings generated by DateString.

$ControlActiveSetting (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$ControlActiveSetting is a symbol whose value is True if it is evaluated while a control is active, or in certain other previewing situations.

$Assumptions (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$Assumptions is the default setting for the Assumptions option used in such functions as Simplify, Refine, and Integrate.

Discrete Mathematics (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica has been used to make many important discoveries in discrete mathematics over the past two decades. Its integration of highly efficient and often original ...

Assuming (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Assuming[assum, expr] evaluates expr with assum appended to $Assumptions, so that assum is included in the default assumptions used by functions such as Refine, Simplify, and ...

Graphics (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Graphics[primitives, options] represents a two-dimensional graphical image.

Grouping and Combining Elements of Lists (Mathematica Tutorial)

Functions for grouping together elements of lists. Here is a list. This groups the elements of the list in pairs, throwing away the single element left at the end.

CompoundExpression (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

expr_1; expr_2; ... evaluates the expr_i in turn, giving the last one as the result.

RankedEmbedding (Combinatorica Package Symbol)

RankedEmbedding[l] takes a set partition l of vertices {1, 2, ..., n} and returns an embedding of the vertices in the plane such that the vertices in each block occur on a ...

PerformanceGoal (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

PerformanceGoal is an option for plotting and various other algorithmic functions that specifies what aspect of performance to try to optimize with Automatic settings for ...