$ImportFormats (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$ImportFormats gives a list of import formats currently supported in your Mathematica system.

$MaxMachineNumber (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$MaxMachineNumber is the largest machine-precision number that can be used on a particular computer system.

StiffnessSwitching Method for NDSolve (Mathematica Tutorial)

The basic idea behind the "StiffnessSwitching" method is to provide an automatic means of switching between a nonstiff and a stiff solver. The "StiffnessTest" and ...

JacobianMatrix (Vector Analysis Package Symbol)

JacobianMatrix[pt] gives the Jacobian matrix of the transformation from the default coordinate system to the Cartesian coordinate system at the point pt. JacobianMatrix[pt, ...

ConfigurationPath (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ConfigurationPath is a global option that specifies which directories are searched for systemwide configuration information.

FileNameDialogSettings (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FileNameDialogSettings -> {opt -> val} is a global option that specifies settings for the Insert File Path dialog box.

PreferencesPath (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

PreferencesPath is a global option that specifies which directories are searched for user-specific settings when Mathematica is started.

Parameters (Vector Analysis Package Symbol)

Parameters[] gives a list of the default parameters of the default coordinate system. Parameters[coordsys] gives a list of the default parameters in the coordinate system ...

SetCoordinates (Vector Analysis Package Symbol)

SetCoordinates[coordsys] sets the default coordinate system to be coordsys with default variables. SetCoordinates[coordsys[c_1, c_2, c_3]] sets the default coordinate system ...

Files and Streams (Mathematica Tutorial)

Conventions for file names. Most files used by Mathematica are completely system independent. .mx and .exe files are however system dependent. For these files, there is a ...