Depth (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Depth[expr] gives the maximum number of indices needed to specify any part of expr, plus 1.

Constructing Lists (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica provides powerful functions for constructing lists of any size and structure.

Nest (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Nest[f, expr, n] gives an expression with f applied n times to expr.

Functional Programming (Mathematica Guide)

Long viewed as an important theoretical idea, functional programming finally became truly convenient and practical with the introduction of Mathematica's symbolic language. ...

$MaxPrecision (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$MaxPrecision gives the maximum number of digits of precision to be allowed in arbitrary-precision numbers.

Functions with Sensitive Dependence on ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

Functions that are specified by simple algebraic formulas tend to be such that when their input is changed only slightly, their output also changes only slightly. But ...

Larger (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Larger is a style or option setting that specifies that objects should be larger.

Smaller (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Smaller is a style or option setting that specifies that objects should be smaller.

Throw (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Throw[value] stops evaluation and returns value as the value of the nearest enclosing Catch. Throw[value, tag] is caught only by Catch[expr, form] where form is a pattern ...

Constructing Lists (Mathematica Tutorial)

Lists are widely used in Mathematica, and there are many ways to construct them. Some explicit ways to construct lists. This gives a table of the first five powers of 2.