The functions described here are among the most commonly used discrete univariate statistical distributions. You can compute their densities, means, variances, and other ...

When you create or use Mathematica packages, you will often want to refer to files in a system-independent way. You can use contexts to do this. The basic idea is that on ...

The standard set of messages for built-in Mathematica functions are written in American English. In some versions of Mathematica, messages are also available in other ...

Mathematica usually keeps the elements of a list in exactly the order you originally entered them. If you want to treat a Mathematica list like a mathematical set, however, ...

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 ...

Turning conditions into numbers. Boole[expr] is a basic function that turns True and False into 1 and 0. It is sometimes known as the characteristic function or indicator ...

In using Mathematica, you sometimes need to repeat an operation many times. There are many ways to do this. Often the most natural is in fact to set up a structure such as a ...

Methods for generating hyperlinks. A hyperlink is a special kind of button which jumps to another part of a notebook when it is pressed. Typically hyperlinks are indicated in ...

Type the expression that will have an underscript. Type x. Create an underscript by pressing the Control key and the 4 key at the same time.

In doing calculations, you will often need to use previous results that you have got. In Mathematica, % always stands for your last result. Ways to refer to your previous ...