Median[list] gives the median of the elements in list. Median[dist] gives the median of the symbolic distribution dist.

PolarAxes is an option for sector charts and polar plots that specifies whether polar axes should be drawn.

The parallel computing features of Mathematica entirely replace the Parallel Computing Toolkit that was available up to Mathematica Version 6. As stated in the Introduction, ...

The release of Mathematica 6 in May 2007 represented a revolution in the development of Mathematica. Building on this revolution, Mathematica 7 not only greatly broadens and ...

CCodeStringGenerate[cfun, name, opts] generates C code from the compiled function cfun using the name as the exported function name.

The function FindRoot has a Jacobian option; the functions FindMinimum, FindMaximum, and FindFit have a Gradient option; and the "Newton" method has a method option Hessian. ...

EqualVariances is an option to statistical confidence interval and hypothesis test functions of two samples that specifies that unknown population variances are equal.

Mathematica provides a carefully chosen set of functions for accessing elements of lists either using indices or positions, or using patterns or criteria for their values.

mcc options files MathLink template file compiler.

FindFile[name] finds the file with the specified name that would be loaded by Get[name] and related functions.