NArgMin (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

NArgMin[f, x] gives a position x_min at which f is numerically minimized.NArgMin[f, {x, y, ...}] gives a position {x_min, y_min, ...} at which f is numerically ...

FindSequenceFunction (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FindSequenceFunction[{a_1, a_2, a_3, ...}] attempts to find a simple function that yields the sequence a_n when given successive integer arguments.FindSequenceFunction[{{n_1, ...

Searching and Reading Strings (Mathematica Tutorial)

Functions like Read and Find are most often used for processing text and data from external files. In some cases, however, you may find it convenient to use these same ...

MorphologicalPerimeter (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

MorphologicalPerimeter[image] picks out the morphological perimeter of regions of foreground in image.MorphologicalPerimeter[image, t] treats values above t as foreground.

FindArgMax (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FindArgMax[f, x] gives the position x_max of a local maximum of f.FindArgMax[f, {x, x_0}] gives the position x_max of a local maximum of f, found by a search starting from ...

FindCurvePath (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FindCurvePath[{{x_1, y_1}, {x_2, y_2}, ...}] gives an ordering of the {x_i, y_i} that corresponds to one or more smooth curves.

FindArgMin (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FindArgMin[f, x] gives the position x_min of a local minimum of f.FindArgMin[f, {x, x_0}] gives the position x_min of a local minimum of f, found by a search starting from ...

Use Function Templates (Mathematica How To)

Mathematica lets you insert function templates that contain placeholders for the arguments of a function. You can do this directly from the keyboard or with several of ...

StringPosition (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

StringPosition["string", " sub"] gives a list of the starting and ending character positions at which " sub" appears as a substring of " string". StringPosition["string", ...

MorphologicalComponents (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

MorphologicalComponents[image] gives an array in which each pixel of image is replaced by an integer index representing the connected foreground image component in which the ...