When you make a sequence of definitions in Mathematica, some may be more general than others. Mathematica follows the principle of trying to put more general definitions ...

int MTensor_setMTensor (MTensor t, MTensor val, mint*pos, mint numpos) sets a subtensor element in an MTensor.

If you type in an expression like 0/0, Mathematica prints a message, and returns the result Indeterminate. An expression like 0/0 is an example of an indeterminate numerical ...

Pure functions. When you use functional operations such as Nest and Map, you always have to specify a function to apply. In all the examples above, we have used the "name" of ...

Converting from strings or boxes to expressions. This takes a string and interprets it as an expression. Here is the box structure corresponding to the textual form of an ...

Here the standard procedure used by Mathematica to evaluate expressions is described. This procedure is the one followed for most kinds of expression. There are, however, ...

FileNameSetter[name] represents a file name setter which displays as a Browse button and when clicked brings up a system file opening dialog, starting from the location ...

ReadList["file"] reads all the remaining expressions in a file and returns a list of them. ReadList["file", type] reads objects of the specified type from a file, until the ...

When you write down a set of simultaneous equations in Mathematica, you are specifying a collection of constraints between variables. When you use Solve, you are finding ...

Mathematica uses the Microsoft math recognizer that is built into Windows 7 to recognize handwritten mathematical expressions. This allows you to enter handwritten ...