MathLink Development in C (Mac OS X) (Mathematica Tutorial)

This document describes how to compile and run MathLink programs written in the C language on Mac OS X systems. ("MathLink and External Program Communication" describes how ...

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 ...

Numerical Solution of Partial ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

The numerical method of lines is a technique for solving partial differential equations by discretizing in all but one dimension, and then integrating the semi-discrete ...

Compilation Target (Compiled Function Tools Tutorial)

The CompilationTarget option of Compile specifies the target runtime system for the compiled function. The default setting is "MVM", which creates code for the traditional ...

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, ...

Annuity (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Annuity[p, t] represents an annuity of fixed payments p made over t periods.Annuity[p, t, q] represents a series of payments occurring at time intervals q.Annuity[{p, ...

FinancialDerivative (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FinancialDerivative[instrument, params, ambientparams] gives the value of the specified financial instrument.FinancialDerivative[instrument, params, ambientparams, prop] ...

NonlinearModelFit (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

NonlinearModelFit[{y_1, y_2, ...}, form, {\[Beta]_1, ...}, x] constructs a nonlinear model with structure form that fits the y_i for successive x values 1, 2, ... using the ...

NProbability (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

NProbability[pred, x \[Distributed] dist] gives the numerical probability for an event that satisfies the predicate pred under the assumption that x follows the probability ...

NSolve (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

NSolve[expr, vars] attempts to find numerical approximations to the solutions of the system expr of equations or inequalities for the variables vars. NSolve[expr, vars, ...