Rigid Body Solvers (Mathematica Tutorial)

The equations of motion for a free rigid body whose center of mass is at the origin are given by the following Euler equations (see [MR99]). Two quadratic first integrals of ...

Introduction to Step Control (Mathematica Tutorial)

Even with "Newton methods" where the local model is based on the actual Hessian, unless you are close to a root or minimum, the model step may not bring you any closer to the ...

Secure Socket Layer (SSL) (DatabaseLink Tutorial)

Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is a protocol for providing secure transactions between servers and clients. It uses a certificate to identify one or both ends of the transaction. ...

Finite Fields Package (Finite Fields Package Tutorial)

A field is an algebraic structure obeying the rules of ordinary arithmetic. In particular, a field has binary operations of addition and multiplication, both of which are ...

Histogram (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Histogram[{x_1, x_2, ...}] plots a histogram of the values x_i.Histogram[{x_1, x_2, ...}, bspec] plots a histogram with bin width specification bspec.Histogram[{x_1, x_2, ...

Creating an Object File (C Compiler Driver Package Tutorial)

The CCompilerDriver package lets you work with C compilers that are installed on your computer. It is used automatically by the Mathematica compiler when you set the option ...

RemoteServicesKernel (Lightweight Grid Client Symbol)

RemoteServicesKernel[properties] contains a list of properties about a currently open Lightweight Grid kernel.

CloseGUIObject (GUIKit Package Symbol)

CloseGUIObject[interface] closes a live GUIObject instance.CloseGUIObject[] requests that an interface close, when called within a Script block.

ReleaseGUIObject (GUIKit Package Symbol)

ReleaseGUIObject[obj] closes and terminates all resources of a live GUIObject instance.

Timer (GUIKit Package)

Widget["Timer"] creates a timed action.