Here the standard procedure used by Mathematica to evaluate expressions is described. This procedure is the one followed for most kinds of expression. There are, however, ...

SortBy[list, f] sorts the elements of list in the order defined by applying f to each of them.

BinaryReadList["file"] reads all remaining bytes from a file, and returns them as a list of integers from 0 to 255. BinaryReadList["file", type] reads objects of the ...

NETObjectToExpression[netObject] converts the specified .NET object reference into its value as a "native" Mathematica expression.

Mathematica has been used to make many important discoveries in discrete mathematics over the past two decades. Its integration of highly efficient and often original ...

SingularValueList[m] gives a list of the nonzero singular values of a matrix m. SingularValueList[{m, a}] gives the generalized singular values of m with respect to a. ...

Built on powerful and elegant principles, the core Mathematica language has emerged over the past 20 years as perhaps the world's richest and deepest programming language. ...

MathieuSPrime[a, q, z] gives the derivative with respect to z of the odd Mathieu function with characteristic value a and parameter q.

Mathematica immediately allows you to call both standalone programs and individual functions or methods within running programs. Mathematica's architecture allows external ...

InputForm converts the selection to Mathematica InputForm.