Newton's method for nonlinear equations is based on a linear approximation so the Newton step is found simply by setting M_k(p)=0, Near a root of the equations, Newton's ...

The Wolfram Lightweight Grid System provides functions for launching and managing remote kernels, one part of a complete Mathematica^® parallel computing environment. With ...

Minimize[f, x] minimizes f with respect to x.Minimize[f, {x, y, ...}] minimizes f with respect to x, y, .... Minimize[{f, cons}, {x, y, ...}] minimizes f subject to the ...

ParallelTable[expr, {i_max}] generates in parallel a list of i_max copies of expr.ParallelTable[expr, {i, i_max}] generates in parallel a list of the values of expr when i ...

The functions described here are among the most commonly used continuous univariate statistical distributions. You can compute their densities, means, variances, and other ...

PieChart3D[{y_1, y_2, ...}] makes a 3D pie chart with sector angle proportional to y_1, y_2, ....PieChart3D[{..., w_i[y_i, ...], ..., w_j[y_j, ...], ...}] makes a 3D pie ...

Recall that connections to remote kernels, as opened by LaunchKernels, are represented as kernel objects. See the chapter Connection Methods for details. The commands in this ...

Take::take Subsets::take Part::take Set::take Internal`BagPart::take

As of Version 8, much of the functionality covered by Combinatorica has been implemented in the Mathematica kernel. BooleanAlgebra CodeToLabeledTree HasseDiagram ...

Many differential equations exhibit some form of stiffness, which restricts the step size and hence effectiveness of explicit solution methods. A number of implicit methods ...