Generalized Input (Mathematica Tutorial)

The fundamental paradigm of most computer languages, including Mathematica, is that input is given and processed into output. Historically, such input has consisted of ...

Input Syntax (Mathematica Tutorial)

Typical ways to enter characters. All printable ASCII characters can be entered directly. Those that are not alphanumeric are assigned explicit names in Mathematica, allowing ...

EventLocator Method for NDSolve (Mathematica Tutorial)

It is often useful to be able to detect and precisely locate a change in a differential system. For example, with the detection of a singularity or state change, the ...

Quaternions Package (Quaternions Package Tutorial)

This package implements Hamilton's quaternion algebra. Quaternions have the form a+bi+cj+dk where a, b, c, and d are real numbers. The symbols i, j, and k are multiplied ...

PDF (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

PDF[dist, x] gives the probability density function for the symbolic distribution dist evaluated at x.PDF[dist, {x_1, x_2, ...}] gives the multivariate probability density ...

Introduction to Unconstrained ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica has a collection of commands that do unconstrained optimization (FindMinimum and FindMaximum) and solve nonlinear equations (FindRoot) and nonlinear fitting ...

Working with MathML (XML Package Tutorial)

MathML is an XML-based markup language for representing mathematics. It was developed by the W3C to provide an effective way to display math in web pages and facilitate the ...

Combinatorica` (Mathematica Compatibility Information)

As of Version 8, much of the functionality covered by Combinatorica has been implemented in the Mathematica kernel. BooleanAlgebra CodeToLabeledTree HasseDiagram ...

Summary of New Features in 6.0 (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica 6.0 fundamentally redefined Mathematica and introduced a major new paradigm for computation. Building on Mathematica's time-tested core symbolic architecture, ...

ListConvolve (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ListConvolve[ker, list] forms the convolution of the kernel ker with list. ListConvolve[ker, list, k] forms the cyclic convolution in which the k\[Null]^th element of ker is ...