TimeConstrained (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

TimeConstrained[expr, t] evaluates expr, stopping after t seconds. TimeConstrained[expr, t, failexpr] returns failexpr if the time constraint is not met.

$DistributedContexts (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$DistributedContexts is the default value of the DistributedContexts option of functions such as ParallelTable and ParallelMap.

CastNETObject (NETLink Symbol)

CastNETObject[obj, type] casts the specified object to a different type.

Random Number Generation (Mathematica Guide)

Based on original algorithms developed at Wolfram Research, Mathematica's core randomness generation is both highly efficient and of exceptional quality. Mathematica can ...

file.cdf (Mathematica File)

file.cdf is a Computable Document Format file.

file.nb (Mathematica File)

file.nb is a Mathematica notebook file.

FLV (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

Registered MIME type: video/x-flv Adobe/Macromedia Flash video file. Used for compositing Flash animations with Flash authoring software, or for playback through a ...

DifferentialRootReduce (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

DifferentialRootReduce[expr, x] attempts to reduce expr to a single DifferentialRoot object as a function of x.DifferentialRootReduce[expr, {x, x_0}] takes the initial ...

Immediate and Delayed Definitions (Mathematica Tutorial)

You may have noticed that there are two different ways to make assignments in Mathematica: lhs=rhs and lhs:=rhs. The basic difference between these forms is when the ...

ParallelCombine (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ParallelCombine[f, h[e_1, e_2, ...], comb] evaluates f[h[e_1, e_2, ...]] in parallel by distributing parts of the computation to all parallel kernels and combining the ...