TransferFunctionModel (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

TransferFunctionModel[m, var] represents the model of the transfer-function matrix m with complex variable var.TransferFunctionModel[{num, den}, var] specifies the numerator ...

FindMaximum (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FindMaximum[f, x] searches for a local maximum in f, starting from an automatically selected point.FindMaximum[f, {x, x_0}] searches for a local maximum in f, starting from ...

FindMinimum (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FindMinimum[f, x] searches for a local minimum in f, starting from an automatically selected point.FindMinimum[f, {x, x_0}] searches for a local minimum in f, starting from ...

Summary of New Features in Mathematica 8 (Mathematica Guide)

Cumulant (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Cumulant[dist, r] gives the r\[Null]^th cumulant of the symbolic distribution dist.Cumulant[list, r] gives the r\[Null]^th cumulant of the elements in the list.Cumulant[r] ...

Numerical Nonlinear Global Optimization (Mathematica Tutorial)

Numerical algorithms for constrained nonlinear optimization can be broadly categorized into gradient-based methods and direct search methods. Gradient-based methods use first ...

Numerical Solution of Boundary Value ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

The shooting method works by considering the boundary conditions as a multivariate function of initial conditions at some point, reducing the boundary value problem to ...

Exact Global Optimization (Mathematica Tutorial)

Exact global optimization problems can be solved exactly using Minimize and Maximize. This computes the radius of the circle, centered at the origin, circumscribed about the ...

InterpolateRoot (Function Approximations Package Symbol)

InterpolateRoot[lhs == rhs, {x, x_0, x_1}] searches for a numerical solution to the equation lhs == rhs using x_0 and x_1 as the first two values of x.

Cashflow (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Cashflow[{c_0, c_1, ..., c_n}] represents a series of cash flows occurring at unit time intervals.Cashflow[{c_0, c_1, ..., c_n}, q] represents cash flows occurring at time ...