Controlling Infinite Evaluation (Mathematica Tutorial)

The general principle that Mathematica follows in evaluating expressions is to go on applying transformation rules until the expressions no longer change. This means, for ...

Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors (Mathematica Tutorial)

Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. The eigenvalues of a matrix m are the values λ_i for which one can find nonzero vectors v_i such that m.v_i λ_iv_i. The eigenvectors are the ...

Functions That Do Not Have Unique Values (Mathematica Tutorial)

When you ask for the square root s of a number a, you are effectively asking for the solution to the equation s^2a. This equation, however, in general has two different ...

SQLColumnInformation (DatabaseLink Symbol)

SQLColumnInformation[conn] returns a list of information about the columns in an SQL connection.

Vector Analysis Package (Vector Analysis Package Tutorial)

A three-dimensional coordinate system assigns three numbers to each point in space. In defining a coordinate system, you have to make a choice about what to measure and how ...

Parallel Evaluation (Parallel Package Tutorial)

Recall that connections to remote kernels, as opened by LaunchKernels, are represented as kernel objects. See the chapter Connection Methods for details. The commands in this ...

Statistical Plots Package (Statistical Plots Package Tutorial)

A wide variety of plots and charts are used to gain an overview of data from a statistical perspective. Some summarize statistical computations on the data, while others ...

Beta (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Beta[a, b] gives the Euler beta function \[CapitalBeta](a, b). Beta[z, a, b] gives the incomplete beta function \[CapitalBeta]_z (a, b).

Transactions (DatabaseLink Tutorial)

Some database operations involve carrying out a sequence of database commands. For example, information in two different tables may need to be updated. In these cases it may ...

HyperbolicDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

HyperbolicDistribution[\[Alpha], \[Beta], \[Delta], \[Mu]] represents a hyperbolic distribution with location parameter \[Mu], scale parameter \[Delta], shape parameter ...