Setting Up Functions with Optional ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

When you define a complicated function, you will often want to let some of the arguments of the function be "optional". If you do not give those arguments explicitly, you ...

NumberTheory`NumberTheoryFunctions` (Mathematica Compatibility Information)

SquareFreeQ, PrimePowerQ, KroneckerSymbol, ChineseRemainder and PrimitiveRoot have been added to the built-in Mathematica kernel functions. NextPrime and PreviousPrime are ...

ModulationType (Audio Package Symbol)

ModulationType is an option of FrequencyModulation, specifying the type of modulation.

$SessionID (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$SessionID is a number set up to be unique to a particular Mathematica session.

Tracing Evaluation (Mathematica Tutorial)

The standard way in which Mathematica works is to take any expression you give as input, evaluate the expression completely, and then return the result. When you are trying ...

Introduction to Dynamic (Mathematica Tutorial)

This tutorial describes the principles behind Dynamic, DynamicModule, and related functions, and goes into detail about how they interact with each other and with the rest of ...

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 ...

Parallel Computation (Compiled Function Tools Tutorial)

The Mathematica compiler can run computations in parallel. It does this by threading a compiled function over lists of data in parallel. A first step is to create a compiled ...

FontChooser (GUIKit Package)

Widget["FontChooser"] provides a panel for making a font selection based on a name, style, and size.

Plot the Results of NDSolve (Mathematica How To)

NDSolve solves a differential equation numerically. It returns solutions in a form that can be readily used in many different ways. One typical use would be to produce a plot ...