In any interactive session, Mathematica effectively operates in a loop. It waits for your input, processes the input, prints the result, then goes back to waiting for input ...

CompilationTarget is an option for Compile that specifies the target runtime for the compiled function.

HornerForm[poly] puts the polynomial poly in Horner form.HornerForm[poly, vars] puts poly in Horner form with respect to the variable or variable list ...

SetAttributes[s, attr] adds attr to the list of attributes of the symbol s.

The names of built-in functions follow some general guidelines. The main expression or object on which a built-in function acts is usually given as the first argument to the ...

TimeConstraint is an option for various algorithmic functions which specifies how long to spend trying a particular transformation or part of an algorithm.

Exact symbolic results are usually very desirable when they can be found. In many calculations, however, it is not possible to get symbolic results. In such cases, you must ...

RuntimeOptions is an option for Compile that specifies runtime settings for the compiled function it creates.

Mathematica provides a large number of options for cells. All of these options can be accessed through the Option Inspector menu item in the front end. They can be set either ...

When exchanging expressions with external programs, the Mathematica kernel uses the convention of wrapping the expressions inside packets which identify what role the ...