Cellular Automata (Mathematica Tutorial)

Cellular automata provide a convenient way to represent many kinds of systems in which the values of cells in an array are updated in discrete steps according to a local ...

Numerical Examples (Library Link Tutorial)

The functions accessible with Wolfram LibraryLink make it possible to optimize numerical computations while still keeping the flexibility and generality of Mathematica. If ...

Linguistic Data (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica has not only convenient built-in multilingual dictionaries, but also built-in information on word meaning, structure and usage, as well as the relationship ...

Contexts (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Contexts[] gives a list of all contexts. Contexts["string"] gives a list of the contexts that match the string.

Setting Up Functions with Optional ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

When you define a complicated function, you will often want to let some of the arguments of the function be "optional". If you do not give those arguments explicitly, you ...

ColorData (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ColorData["scheme"] gives a function that generates colors in the named color scheme when applied to parameter values. ColorData["scheme", " property"] gives the specified ...

ListSurfacePlot3D (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ListSurfacePlot3D[{{x_1, y_1, z_1}, {x_2, y_2, z_2}, ...}] plots a three-dimensional surface constructed to fit the specified points.

PolarPlot (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

PolarPlot[r, {\[Theta], \[Theta]_min, \[Theta]_max}] generates a polar plot of a curve with radius r as a function of angle \[Theta].PolarPlot[{f_1, f_2, ...}, {\[Theta], ...

Input Syntax (Mathematica Tutorial)

Typical ways to enter characters. All printable ASCII characters can be entered directly. Those that are not alphanumeric are assigned explicit names in Mathematica, allowing ...

MathLink Development in C (Linux) (Mathematica Tutorial)

This document describes how to compile and run MathLink programs written in the C language on Linux systems. ("MathLink and External Program Communication" describes how to ...