Newton's Method (Mathematica Tutorial)

One significant advantage Mathematica provides is that it can symbolically compute derivatives. This means that when you specify Method->"Newton" and the function is ...

CUDAFunctionLoad (CUDALink Symbol)

CUDAFunctionLoad[src, fun, argtypes, blockdim] loads CUDAFunction from scr and makes fun available in Mathematica.CUDAFunctionLoad[{srcfile}, fun, argtypes, blockdim] loads ...

Polyhedron Operations Package (Polyhedron Operations Package Tutorial)

A Platonic solid is a convex polyhedron whose faces and vertices are all of the same type. There are five such solids. There are also a few nonconvex polyhedra known that ...

Units Package (Units Package Guide)

Summary of New Features in Mathematica 8 (Mathematica Guide)

BeckmannDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

BeckmannDistribution[\[Mu]_1, \[Mu]_2, \[Sigma]_1, \[Sigma]_2] represents the Beckmann distribution with means \[Mu]_1 and \[Mu]_2 and standard deviations \[Sigma]_1 and ...

HoytDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

HoytDistribution[q, \[Omega]] represents a Hoyt distribution with shape parameter q and spread parameter \[Omega].

TriangularDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

TriangularDistribution[{min, max}] represents a symmetric triangular statistical distribution giving values between min and max. TriangularDistribution[{min, max}, c] ...

Introduction to Graph Drawing (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica provides functions for the aesthetic drawing of graphs. Algorithms implemented include spring embedding, spring-electrical embedding, high-dimensional embedding, ...

IDA Method for NDSolve (Mathematica Tutorial)

The IDA package is part of the SUNDIALS (SUite of Nonlinear and DIfferential/ALgebraic equation Solvers) developed at the Center for Applied Scientific Computing of Lawrence ...