Mathematica has uniquely flexible capabilities for processing large volumes of textual data. Most often data represented as a string is converted to lists or other constructs ...

Mathematica's symbolic timing framework allows timing information not only to be analyzed but also to be used in the structure of algorithms. Mathematica provides functions ...

Mathematica has many powerful features, to handle a wide range of statistical needs. Some of the most elementary are outlined below.

The time it takes Mathematica to perform a computation is important information that can help you write efficient programs. Conveniently, you can display the time elapsed for ...

GeodesicDilation[marker, mask] gives the fixed point of the geodesic dilation of the image marker constrained by the image mask.

GeodesicErosion[marker, mask] gives the fixed point of the geodesic erosion of the image marker constrained by the image mask.

LinkLaunch["prog"] starts the external program prog and opens a MathLink connection to it.

NestWhileList[f, expr, test] generates a list of the results of applying f repeatedly, starting with expr, and continuing until applying test to the result no longer yields ...

NotebookSelection[] represents the current selection in the current evaluation notebook in the front end.NotebookSelection[nb] represents the current selection associated ...

Quit[] terminates a Mathematica kernel session.