f /: lhs = rhs assigns rhs to be the value of lhs, and associates the assignment with the symbol f.

x*y*z, x*y*z, or x y z represents a product of terms.

ZetaZero[k] represents the k\[Null]^th zero of the Riemann zeta function on the critical line.ZetaZero[k, t] represents the k\[Null]^th zero with imaginary part greater than ...

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 ...

In doing many kinds of calculations, you need to evaluate expressions when variables take on particular values. In many cases, you can do this simply by applying ...

In many practical situations it is convenient to consider limits in which a fixed amount of something is concentrated into an infinitesimal region. Ordinary mathematical ...

This document describes how to compile and run MathLink programs written in the C language on Linux systems. ("MathLink and External Program Communication" describes how to ...

When you define a complicated function, you will often want to let some of the arguments of the function be "optional". If you do not give those arguments explicitly, you ...

If the front end activation dialog box appears when you launch Mathematica, either Mathematica could not locate the mathpass file or there was no valid password in the ...

One significant advantage Mathematica provides is that it can symbolically compute derivatives. This means that when you specify Method->"Newton" and the function is ...