Machine-Precision Numbers (Mathematica Tutorial)

Whenever machine-precision numbers appear in a calculation, the whole calculation is typically done in machine precision. Mathematica will then give machine-precision numbers ...

Pure Functions (Mathematica Tutorial)

Pure functions. When you use functional operations such as Nest and Map, you always have to specify a function to apply. In all the examples above, we have used the "name" of ...

Sound (Mathematica Tutorial)

On most computer systems, Mathematica can produce not only graphics but also sound. Mathematica treats graphics and sound in a closely analogous way. For example, just as you ...

Three-Dimensional Graphics Directives (Mathematica Tutorial)

In three dimensions, just as in two dimensions, you can give various graphics directives to specify how the different elements in a graphics object should be rendered. All ...

Perform Operations on Subgroups of Data (Mathematica How To)

When summarizing data, it is often useful to analyze it by subgroup. For example, crop yields could be categorized by seed variety, or average patient recovery time by ...

CDFWavelet (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CDFWavelet[] represents a Cohen\[Dash]Daubechies\[Dash]Feauveau wavelet of type "9/7". CDFWavelet["type"] represents a Cohen\[Dash]Daubechies\[Dash]Feauveau wavelet of type " ...

DateListPlot (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

DateListPlot[{{date_1, v_1}, {date_2, v_2}, ...}] plots points with values v i at a sequence of dates.DateListPlot[{v_1, v_2, ...}, datespec] plots points with dates at equal ...

ErlangDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ErlangDistribution[k, \[Lambda]] represents the Erlang distribution with shape parameter k and rate \[Lambda].

InverseChiSquareDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

InverseChiSquareDistribution[\[Nu]] represents an inverse \[Chi]^2 distribution with \[Nu] degrees of freedom.InverseChiSquareDistribution[\[Nu], \[Xi]] represents a scaled ...

ListInterpolation (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ListInterpolation[array] constructs an InterpolatingFunction object that represents an approximate function that interpolates the array of values given. ...