$UserBaseDirectory gives the base directory in which user-specific files to be loaded by Mathematica are conventionally placed.

CUDALink allows Mathematica to use the CUDA parallel computing architecture on Graphical Processing Units (GPUs). It contains functions that use CUDA-enabled GPUs to boost ...

The CCompilerDriver package lets you work with C compilers that are installed on your computer. It lets you build executables, libraries, and object files from C source code. ...

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

J/Link provides Mathematica users with the ability to interact with arbitrary Java classes directly from Mathematica. You can create objects and call methods directly in the ...

UnrankSetPartition[r, s, k] finds a k-block set partition of s with rank r. UnrankSetPartition[r, n, k] finds a k-block set partition of {1, 2, ..., n} with rank r.

UnrankSetPartition[r, set] finds a set partition of set with rank r. UnrankSetPartition[r, n] finds a set partition of {1, 2, ..., n} with rank r.

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. ...

SQLColumnInformation[conn] returns a list of information about the columns in an SQL connection.

This tutorial contains simple examples of DatabaseLink that give an overview of its functionality and some ideas of how to get started. It uses a lightweight database, ...