Getting Information about Mathematica ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

You can ask for information about any object, whether it is built into Mathematica, has been read in from a Mathematica package, or has been introduced by you. Ways to get ...

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. ...

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 ...

LaunchKernels (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

LaunchKernels[] launches all currently configured parallel subkernels.LaunchKernels[n] launches n local subkernels on the current computer.LaunchKernels[des] launches a ...

ParallelTable (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ParallelTable[expr, {i_max}] generates in parallel a list of i_max copies of expr.ParallelTable[expr, {i, i_max}] generates in parallel a list of the values of expr when i ...

Plus (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

x + y + z represents a sum of terms.

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 ...

Elliptic Functions (Mathematica Guide)

With careful standardization of argument conventions, Mathematica provides full coverage of all standard types of elliptic functions, with arbitrary-precision numerical ...

On (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

On[symbol::tag] switches on a message, so that it can be printed. On["name"] switches on a named group of messages.On[s] switches on tracing for the symbol s. On[m_1, m_2, ...

Generating Unstructured Output (Mathematica Tutorial)

The functions described in "Textual Input and Output Overview" determine how expressions should be formatted when they are printed, but they do not actually cause anything to ...