Power Series (Mathematica Tutorial)

The mathematical operations we have discussed so far are exact. Given precise input, their results are exact formulas. In many situations, however, you do not need an exact ...

Principles of Evaluation (Mathematica Tutorial)

The fundamental operation that Mathematica performs is evaluation. Whenever you enter an expression, Mathematica evaluates the expression, then returns the result. Evaluation ...

Manipulating Options (Mathematica Tutorial)

There are a number of functions built into Mathematica which, like Plot, have various options you can set. Mathematica provides some general mechanisms for handling such ...

Newton's Method (Mathematica Tutorial)

One significant advantage Mathematica provides is that it can symbolically compute derivatives. This means that when you specify Method->"Newton" and the function is ...

Statistical Plots Package (Statistical Plots Package Tutorial)

A wide variety of plots and charts are used to gain an overview of data from a statistical perspective. Some summarize statistical computations on the data, while others ...

Table (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Table[expr, {i_max}] generates a list of i_max copies of expr. Table[expr, {i, i_max}] generates a list of the values of expr when i runs from 1 to i_max. Table[expr, {i, ...

Vector Analysis Package (Vector Analysis Package Tutorial)

A three-dimensional coordinate system assigns three numbers to each point in space. In defining a coordinate system, you have to make a choice about what to measure and how ...

ColorSetter (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ColorSetter[color] represents a color setter which displays as a swatch of the specified color and when clicked brings up a system color picker ...

EdgeDetect (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

EdgeDetect[image] finds edges in image and returns the result as a binary image.EdgeDetect[image, r] finds edges at the scale of the specified pixel range r.EdgeDetect[image, ...

Do (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Do[expr, {i_max}] evaluates expr i_max times. Do[expr, {i, i_max}] evaluates expr with the variable i successively taking on the values 1 through i_max (in steps of 1). ...