PreserveImageOptions is an option to graphics and related functions that specifies whether image size and certain other options should be preserved from the previous version ...

StreamPoints is an option to StreamPlot, ListStreamPlot, and related functions that determines how many streamlines to draw.

$MessageGroups is the list of rules that gives named message groups used in functions like On and Quiet.

When you use //N to get a numerical result, Mathematica does what a standard calculator would do: it gives you a result to a fixed number of significant figures. You can also ...

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A linear ODE with constant coefficients can be easily solved once the roots of the auxiliary equation (or characteristic equation) are known. Some examples of this type ...

Conventions for file names. Most files used by Mathematica are completely system independent. .mx and .exe files are however system dependent. For these files, there is a ...

Mathematica has three functions for generating pseudorandom numbers that are distributed uniformly over a range of values. Pseudorandom number generation. Generating tables ...

A symmetric polynomial in variables x_1,…,x_n is a polynomial that is invariant under arbitrary permutations of x_1,…,x_n. Polynomials are called elementary symmetric ...

DatabaseLink provides functions for working with data stored in tables in SQL databases. Operations such as searching, inserting, and deleting are supported. They also ...