When you do long calculations, it is often convenient to give names to your intermediate results. Just as in standard mathematics, or in other computer languages, you can do ...

Recall that connections to remote kernels, as opened by LaunchKernels, are represented as kernel objects. See the chapter Connection Methods for details. The commands in this ...

ExampleData["type"] gives a list of names of examples of the specified type.ExampleData[{" type", " name"}] gives the default form of the named example of the specified ...

Graphics[primitives, options] represents a two-dimensional graphical image.

This tutorial contains simple examples of DatabaseLink that give an overview of its functionality and some ideas of how to get started. It uses a lightweight database, ...

Texture[obj] is a graphics directive that specifies that obj should be used as a texture on faces of polygons and other filled graphics objects.

Mathematica has a collection of commands that do unconstrained optimization (FindMinimum and FindMaximum) and solve nonlinear equations (FindRoot) and nonlinear fitting ...

Framed[expr] displays a framed version of expr.

When Mathematica transforms an expression such as x+x into 2x, it is treating the variable x in a purely symbolic or formal fashion. In such cases, x is a symbol which can ...

Mathematica provides many options for styling the cells that appear in notebooks. Some of the more common styling options are available directly from the Format menu. All ...