Here the standard procedure used by Mathematica to evaluate expressions is described. This procedure is the one followed for most kinds of expression. There are, however, ...

The functions FindMinimum, FindMaximum, and FindRoot have the HoldAll attribute and so have special semantics for evaluation of their arguments. First, the variables are ...

HypergeometricDistribution[n, n_succ, n_tot] represents a hypergeometric distribution.

InverseGaussianDistribution[\[Mu], \[Lambda]] represents an inverse Gaussian distribution with mean \[Mu] and scale parameter \[Lambda].InverseGaussianDistribution[\[Mu], ...

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 ...

The execution of a Mathematica program involves the evaluation of a sequence of Mathematica expressions. In simple programs, the expressions to be evaluated may be separated ...

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 ...

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, ...

NExpectation[expr, x \[Distributed] dist] gives the numerical expectation of expr under the assumption that x follows the probability distribution dist.NExpectation[expr, ...

An integration strategy is an algorithm that attempts to compute integral estimates that satisfy user-specified precision or accuracy goals. An integration strategy normally ...