The precise details of the naming of files differ from one computer system to another. Nevertheless, Mathematica provides some fairly general mechanisms that work on all ...

LocatorAutoCreate is an option for LocatorPane, Manipulate, and related functions that specifies whether new locators should be created when clicking away from existing ...

ExampleData["type"] gives a list of names of examples of the specified type.ExampleData[{" type", " name"}] gives the default form of the named example of the specified ...

StateSpaceModel[{a, b, c, d}] represents the state-space model with state matrix a, input matrix b, output matrix c, and transmission matrix d. StateSpaceModel[tf] gives a ...

Mathematica provides representation of algebraic numbers as Root objects. A Root object contains the minimal polynomial of the algebraic number and the root number—an integer ...

PropertyValue[{obj, item}, name] gives the property value associated with name for item in obj.

Functions to pick out pieces of polynomials. Here is an algebraic expression. This gives the coefficient of x in e.

RootLocusPlot[g, {k, k_min, k_max}] generates the root locus plot of a rational function g of k ranging from k_min to k_max.RootLocusPlot[sys, ...] plots the root loci of a ...

This section is designed to discuss how to make compiled functions run efficiently. It will cover features that make them run faster, as well as problems that can make them ...

AbsoluteDashing[{d_1, d_2, ...}] is a graphics directive which specifies that lines which follow are to be drawn dashed, with successive segments having absolute lengths d_1, ...