VarianceEstimatorFunction (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

VarianceEstimatorFunction is an option for LinearModelFit and NonlinearModelFit which specifies the variance estimator to use.

WeierstrassHalfPeriods (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

WeierstrassHalfPeriods[{g_2, g_3}] gives the half-periods {\[Omega], \[Omega]^\[Prime]} for Weierstrass elliptic functions corresponding to the invariants {g_2, g_3}.

$MaxExtraPrecision (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$MaxExtraPrecision gives the maximum number of extra digits of precision to be used in functions such as N.

Formats for Text in Graphics (Mathematica Tutorial)

Specifying formats for text in graphics. Here is a plot with default settings for all formats. Here is the same plot, but now using a 12-point bold font.

Making Definitions for Functions (Mathematica Tutorial)

"Defining Functions" discusses how you can define functions in Mathematica. In a typical case, you would type in f[x_]=x^2 to define a function f. (Actually, the definitions ...

Reducing Expressions to Their Standard ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

The built-in functions in Mathematica operate in a wide variety of ways. But many of the mathematical functions share an important approach: they are set up so as to reduce ...

SQLConnectionPool (DatabaseLink Symbol)

SQLConnectionPool[...] is an object that represents a connection pool to a data source.

Database Connections (DatabaseLink Tutorial)

The first step in using a database is making a connection. This part of the tutorial discusses how to do this. If you are just starting to use DatabaseLink, you might want to ...

GIF (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

Registered MIME type: image/gif GIF raster image format. Commonly used for static and animated graphics on the web. GIF is an acronym for Graphics Interchange Format. Binary ...

OFF (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

OFF 3D geometry format. Used for storing and exchanging 3D models. OFF is an acronym for Object File Format. Occasionally called COFF if color information is present. Related ...