Continuous Distributions (Mathematica Tutorial)

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

Plotting Search Data (Mathematica Tutorial)

The utility functions FindMinimumPlot and FindRootPlot show search data for FindMinimum and FindRoot for one- and two-dimensional functions. They work with essentially the ...

Variables and Starting Conditions (Mathematica Tutorial)

All the functions FindMinimum, FindMaximum, and FindRoot take variable specifications of the same form. The function FindFit uses the same form for its parameter ...

Numerical Solution of Partial ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

The numerical method of lines is a technique for solving partial differential equations by discretizing in all but one dimension, and then integrating the semi-discrete ...

InverseZTransform (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

InverseZTransform[expr, z, n] gives the inverse Z transform of expr. InverseZTransform[expr, {z_1, z_2, ...}, {n_1, n_2, ...}] gives the multiple inverse Z transform of expr.

Limit (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Limit[expr, x -> x_0] finds the limiting value of expr when x approaches x_0.

AiryAi (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

AiryAi[z] gives the Airy function Ai(z).

AiryBi (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

AiryBi[z] gives the Airy function Bi(z).

BetaRegularized (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

BetaRegularized[z, a, b] gives the regularized incomplete beta function I_z (a, b).

EllipticK (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

EllipticK[m] gives the complete elliptic integral of the first kind K(m).