Introduction to Local Minimization (Mathematica Tutorial)

The essence of most methods is in the local quadratic model that is used to determine the next step. The FindMinimum function in Mathematica has five essentially different ...

Unequal (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

lhs != rhs or lhs != rhs returns False if lhs and rhs are identical.

Calculus`VariationalMethods` (Mathematica Compatibility Information)

All the functionality in Calculus`VariationalMethods` is now available through the newly created Variational Methods Package.

VariationalD (Variational Methods Package Symbol)

VariationalD[f, u[x ], x] returns the variational derivative of the integral \[Integral]f \[DifferentialD]x with respect to u[x], where the integrand f is a function of u, ...

Descriptive Statistics (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica's descriptive statistics functions operate both on explicit data and on symbolic representations of statistical distributions. When operating on explicit data, ...

Graph Drawing (Mathematica Overview)

Introduction General Graph Drawing Hierarchical Drawing of Directed Graphs

Abel Equations (Mathematica Tutorial)

An Abel ODE is a first-order equation of the form This equation arose in the context of the studies of Niels Henrik Abel on the theory of elliptic functions, and represents a ...

Convolve (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Convolve[f, g, x, y] gives the convolution with respect to x of the expressions f and g.Convolve[f, g, {x_1, x_2, ...}, {y_1, y_2, ...}] gives the multidimensional ...

BZIP2 (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

MIME type: application/x-bzip2. BZIP2 compression method and file format. General-purpose lossless compression method. Occasionally used for archiving data on Unix systems ...

Mathematica Syntax (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica has a rich syntax carefully designed for consistency and efficient, readable entry of Mathematica's many language, mathematical, and other constructs. In addition ...