As discussed in "Exact and Approximate Results", Mathematica can handle approximate real numbers with any number of digits. In general, the precision of an approximate real ...

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, ...

When derivatives cannot be computed symbolically, "Newton's" method will be used, but with a finite difference approximation to the Jacobian. This can have costs in terms of ...

Mathematica supports a variety of objects that can be used to organize and display information in output. Known collectively as views, these objects range from the simple ...

In data analysis, it is often necessary to clean a dataset before analyzing it. Data points with missing entries or that contain invalid values must be removed or replaced by ...

FindArgMax[f, x] gives the position x_max of a local maximum of f.FindArgMax[f, {x, x_0}] gives the position x_max of a local maximum of f, found by a search starting from ...

FindArgMin[f, x] gives the position x_min of a local minimum of f.FindArgMin[f, {x, x_0}] gives the position x_min of a local minimum of f, found by a search starting from ...

FindMaxValue[f, x] gives the value at a local maximum of f.FindMaxValue[f, {x, x_0}] gives the value at a local maximum of f, found by a search starting from the point x = ...

FindMinValue[f, x] gives the value at a local minimum of f.FindMinValue[f, {x, x_0}] gives the value at a local minimum of f, found by a search starting from the point x = ...

If you have a function defined in an external program, then what you need to do in order to make it possible to call the function from within Mathematica is to add ...