Random Number Generation (Mathematica Tutorial)

The ability to generate pseudorandom numbers is important for simulating events, estimating probabilities and other quantities, making randomized assignments or selections, ...

ImplicitRungeKutta Method for NDSolve (Mathematica Tutorial)

Implicit Runge–Kutta methods have a number of desirable properties. The Gauss–Legendre methods, for example, are self-adjoint, meaning that they provide the same solution ...

Point (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Point[coords] is a graphics primitive that represents a point. Point[{coords_1, coords_2, ...}] represents a collection of points.

DirectAgglomerate (Hierarchical Clustering Package Symbol)

DirectAgglomerate[m] constructs a cluster hierarchy based on the distance or dissimilarity matrix m.DirectAgglomerate[m, list] associates the elements of list with the rows ...

Advanced Topics in Web Services (WebServices Tutorial)

Sometimes it is useful to work directly with the request message that is sent to a web service. This message may be retrieved using the ToServiceRequest function. ...

Color a 3D Surface without Lighting (Mathematica How To)

Mathematica lets you determine the final rendered color of a 3D surface using simulated lighting, reflection, and glow. With the Glow option, you can color a 3D surface ...

3DS (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

MIME types: application/x-3ds, image/x-3ds Autodesk 3DS file format. Scene description and 3D modeling format. Used for 3D modeling and animation. Native format of Autodesk ...

FrameTicksStyle (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FrameTicksStyle is an option for 2D graphics functions that specifies how frame ticks should be rendered.

Polygon (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Polygon[{pt_1, pt_2, ...}] is a graphics primitive that represents a filled polygon. Polygon[{{pt_11, pt_12, ...}, {pt_21, ...}, ...}] represents a collection of polygons.

RandomPermutation (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

RandomPermutation[gr] gives a pseudorandom permutation in the permutation group gr.RandomPermutation[gr, n] gives a list of n pseudorandom permutations in the permutation ...