Newton's Method (Mathematica Tutorial)

One significant advantage Mathematica provides is that it can symbolically compute derivatives. This means that when you specify Method->"Newton" and the function is ...

SQLSelect (DatabaseLink Symbol)

SQLSelect[conn, table] extracts data from a table in an SQL connection. SQLSelect[conn, table, cols] extracts data from particular columns.SQLSelect[conn, table, cols, cond] ...

EquationTrekker Package (Equation Trekker Package Tutorial)

This package provides an interactive tool for investigating the solutions of differential equations as well as other types of equations that have solutions that can be viewed ...

SectorChart3D (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

SectorChart3D[{{x_1, y_1, z_1}, {x_2, y_2, z_2}, ...}] makes a 3D sector chart with sector angle proportional to x_i, radius y_i, and height z_i.SectorChart3D[{..., w_i[{x_i, ...

CellularAutomaton (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CellularAutomaton[rule, init, t] generates a list representing the evolution of the cellular automaton with the specified rule from initial condition init for t steps. ...

DistributionFitTest (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

DistributionFitTest[data] tests whether data is normally distributed. DistributionFitTest[data, dist] tests whether data is distributed according to dist. ...

Eigensystem (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Eigensystem[m] gives a list {values, vectors} of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the square matrix m. Eigensystem[{m, a}] gives the generalized eigenvalues and ...

GammaDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

GammaDistribution[\[Alpha], \[Beta]] represents a gamma distribution with shape parameter \[Alpha] and scale parameter \[Beta].GammaDistribution[\[Alpha], \[Beta], \[Gamma], ...

ListPlot3D (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ListPlot3D[array] generates a three-dimensional plot of a surface representing an array of height values. ListPlot3D[{{x_1, y_1, z_1}, {x_2, y_2, z_2}, ...}] generates a plot ...

Manipulate (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Manipulate[expr, {u, u_min, u_max}] generates a version of expr with controls added to allow interactive manipulation of the value of u. Manipulate[expr, {u, u_min, u_max, ...