Automatic Loading of Import/Export ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

In addition to the interfaces of Import and Export, Mathematica 8 comes with an autoloading mechanism that simplifies the registration of formats used by the Import and ...

Csch (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Csch[z] gives the hyperbolic cosecant of z.

JacobiCN (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

JacobiCN[u, m] gives the Jacobi elliptic function cn(u | m).

Pochhammer (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Pochhammer[a, n] gives the Pochhammer symbol (a) n.

Creating Palettes (Mathematica Tutorial)

Palettes are like extensions of your keyboard. They can be used to perform many actions in Mathematica, including entering typesetting characters, styling notebooks, and ...

FindRoot (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FindRoot[f, {x, x_0}] searches for a numerical root of f, starting from the point x = x_0.FindRoot[lhs == rhs, {x, x_0}] searches for a numerical solution to the equation lhs ...

DebuggerStep (Mathematica Front End Token)

"DebuggerStep" is a front end token that stops the evaluation at the beginning of the next expression.

ExpIntegralE (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ExpIntegralE[n, z] gives the exponential integral function E_n (z).

Integrals That Can and Cannot Be Done (Mathematica Tutorial)

Evaluating integrals is much more difficult than evaluating derivatives. For derivatives, there is a systematic procedure based on the chain rule that effectively allows any ...

Specifying Derivatives (Mathematica Tutorial)

The function FindRoot has a Jacobian option; the functions FindMinimum, FindMaximum, and FindFit have a Gradient option; and the "Newton" method has a method option Hessian. ...