How tos (Mathematica Guide)

A "How to" describes how to carry out particular tasks with Mathematica, giving step-by-step instructions for common cases.

Create a Slide Show (Mathematica How To)

You can create and present slide shows directly from within Mathematica . Mathematica provides an integrated workflow from initial experimentation to final presentation. ...

FileNameSetter (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FileNameSetter[name] represents a file name setter which displays as a Browse button and when clicked brings up a system file opening dialog, starting from the location ...

Special Functions (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica includes all the common special functions of mathematical physics found in standard handbooks. Each of the various classes of functions is discussed in turn. One ...

Advanced Numerical Differential ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

[AP91] Ascher, U. and L. Petzold. "Projected Implicit Runge–Kutta Methods for Differential Algebraic Equations." SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 28 (1991): 1097–1120. [AP98] Ascher, U. ...

AccountingForm (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

AccountingForm[expr] prints with all numbers in expr given in standard accounting notation. AccountingForm[expr, n] prints with numbers given to n-digit precision.

Units Package (Units Package Tutorial)

There are many systems of units. The particular set of units that is used depends on factors as various as the field of study and the author's country of origin. The function ...

DirichletDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

DirichletDistribution[{\[Alpha]_1, ..., \[Alpha] k +1}] represents a Dirichlet distribution of dimension k with shape parameters \[Alpha]_i.

ReverseBiorthogonalSplineWavelet (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ReverseBiorthogonalSplineWavelet[] represents a reverse biorthogonal spline wavelet of order 4 and dual order 2.ReverseBiorthogonalSplineWavelet[n, m] represents a reverse ...

PolyhedronData (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

PolyhedronData[poly, " property"] gives the value of the specified property for the polyhedron named poly.PolyhedronData[poly] gives an image of the polyhedron named ...