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 ...

Setting Up Mathematica Packages (Mathematica Tutorial)

In a typical Mathematica package, there are generally two kinds of new symbols that are introduced. The first kind are ones that you want to 'export' for use outside the ...

HermiteDecomposition (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

HermiteDecomposition[m] gives the Hermite normal form decomposition of an integer matrix m.

String Operations (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica incorporates the latest highly efficient algorithms to allow operations on strings with millions of elements, all making use of Mathematica's unique symbolic ...

Operations on Strings (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica provides a variety of functions for manipulating strings. Most of these functions are based on viewing strings as a sequence of characters, and many of the ...

Special Forms of Assignment (Mathematica Tutorial)

Particularly when you write procedural programs in Mathematica, you will often need to modify the value of a particular variable repeatedly. You can always do this by ...

ByteCount (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ByteCount[expr] gives the number of bytes used internally by Mathematica to store expr.

Use Curated Data (Mathematica How To)

An efficient load-on-demand mechanism makes hundreds of gigabytes of carefully curated and continually updated data immediately available inside Mathematica for use in ...

BSplineCurve (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

BSplineCurve[{pt_1, pt_2, ...}] is a graphics primitive that represents a non-uniform rational B-spline curve with control points pt_i.

Annuity (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Annuity[p, t] represents an annuity of fixed payments p made over t periods.Annuity[p, t, q] represents a series of payments occurring at time intervals q.Annuity[{p, ...