Create and Use Rules (Mathematica How To)

Transformation rules in Mathematica let you set local values for symbols, functions, and all other types of expressions. Using rules provides a powerful and extensible method ...

List (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

Column of numbers or strings. Stores a list of numbers or strings as lines. Plain text format. Is essentially a single-column version of the "Table" format.

SWF (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

Registered MIME type: application/x-shockwave-flash Adobe/Macromedia Flash file format. Used for interactive and animated vector graphics, video and sound on the web. SWF is ...

CosIntegral (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CosIntegral[z] gives the cosine integral function Ci(z).

CountRoots (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CountRoots[poly, x] gives the number of real roots of the polynomial poly in x.CountRoots[poly, {x, a, b}] gives the number of roots between a and b.

Cuboid (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Cuboid[{x_min, y_min, z_min}] is a three-dimensional graphics primitive that represents a unit cube, oriented parallel to the axes. Cuboid[{x_min, y_min, z_min}, {x_max, ...

ParallelDo (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ParallelDo[expr, {i_max}] evaluates expr in parallel i_max times. ParallelDo[expr, {i, i_max}] evaluates expr in parallel with the variable i successively taking on the ...

Functions That Do Not Have Unique Values (Mathematica Tutorial)

When you ask for the square root s of a number a, you are effectively asking for the solution to the equation s^2a. This equation, however, in general has two different ...

Regular Expressions (Mathematica Tutorial)

General Mathematica patterns provide a powerful way to do string manipulation. But particularly if you are familiar with specialized string manipulation languages, you may ...

Primality Proving Package (Primality Proving Package Tutorial)

This package implements primality proving. If ProvablePrimeQ[n] returns True, then the number n can be mathematically proven to be prime. In addition, PrimeQCertificate[n] ...