ScalingMatrix (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ScalingMatrix[{s_x, s_y, ...}] gives the matrix corresponding to scaling by a factor s_i along each coordinate axis.ScalingMatrix[s, v] gives the matrix corresponding to ...

Constrained Optimization in ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

[1] Mehrotra, S. "On the Implementation of a Primal-Dual Interior Point Method." SIAM Journal on Optimization 2 (1992): 575–601. [2] Nelder, J.A. and R. Mead. "A Simplex ...

PadeApproximant (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

PadeApproximant[expr, {x, x_0, {m, n}}] gives the Padé approximant to expr about the point x = x_0, with numerator order m and denominator order n.PadeApproximant[expr, {x, ...

AffineTransform (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

AffineTransform[m] gives a TransformationFunction that represents an affine transform that maps r to m.r. AffineTransform[{m, v}] gives an affine transform that maps r to m.r ...

Maximize (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Maximize[f, x] maximizes f with respect to x.Maximize[f, {x, y, ...}] maximizes f with respect to x, y, .... Maximize[{f, cons}, {x, y, ...}] maximizes f subject to the ...

Numerical Nonlinear Global Optimization ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

Here is one way to get multiple minima: call NMinimize multiple times with different random seeds, which will cause different optimization paths to be taken. This defines a ...

Perform a Monte Carlo Simulation (Mathematica How To)

Monte Carlo methods use randomly generated numbers or events to simulate random processes and estimate complicated results. For example, they are used to model financial ...

Epilog (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Epilog is an option for graphics functions that gives a list of graphics primitives to be rendered after the main part of the graphics is rendered.

Edit > Make Template (Mathematica Menu Item)

Make Template inserts a template based on a selected function name.

FractionBoxOptions (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FractionBoxOptions -> {opt_1 -> val_1, opt_2 -> val_2, ...} is an option for cells that specifies settings for FractionBox objects within the cell.