Switch (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Switch[expr, form_1, value_1, form_2, value_2, ...] evaluates expr, then compares it with each of the form_i in turn, evaluating and returning the value_i corresponding to ...

TraceAbove (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

TraceAbove is an option for Trace and related functions which specifies whether to include evaluation chains which contain the evaluation chain containing the pattern form ...

HarwellBoeing (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

Harwell\[Dash]Boeing matrix format. Used for exchanging and storing sparse matrices. Plain text format. File format of the Harwell\[Dash]Boeing collection of standard test ...

MTX (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

Matrix Market matrix format. Used for exchanging and storing test matrices. Plain text format. File format of the NIST Matrix Market collection of standard test matrices. ...

Complex (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Complex is the head used for complex numbers.

Element (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Element[x, dom] or x \[Element] dom asserts that x is an element of the domain dom. Element[{x_1, x_2, ...}, dom] asserts that all the x_i are elements of dom. Element[patt, ...

Calling External Programs (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica immediately allows you to call both standalone programs and individual functions or methods within running programs. Mathematica's architecture allows external ...

Constructing Lists (Mathematica Guide)

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

Math & Counting Operations on Lists (Mathematica Guide)

Ordinary mathematical functions in Mathematica are always "listable", so that they are immediately applied in parallel across lists. Mathematica provides a wide variety of ...

Rearrange the Terms of a Polynomial (Mathematica How To)

Mathematica provides many functions to group terms in a polynomial, extract and sort the monomials, display them in various ways, and even process them as arbitrary ...