$MaxPrecision (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$MaxPrecision gives the maximum number of digits of precision to be allowed in arbitrary-precision numbers.

Arithmetic (Mathematica Tutorial)

You can do arithmetic with Mathematica just as you would on an electronic calculator. This is the sum of two numbers. Here the / stands for division, and the ^ stands for ...

Converting Power Series to Normal ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

Converting power series to normal expressions. Power series in Mathematica are represented in a special internal form, which keeps track of such attributes as their expansion ...

The Design of the NDSolve Framework (Mathematica Tutorial)

Supporting a large number of numerical integration methods for differential equations is a lot of work. In order to cut down on maintenance and duplication of code, common ...

Using Symbols to Tag Objects (Mathematica Tutorial)

There are many ways to use symbols in Mathematica. Here we use symbols as 'tags' for different types of objects. Working with physical units gives one simple example. When ...

Java User Interfaces (JLink Guide)

DoModal -- wait until the Java window is closed, JavaShow -- make a window visible and in front, ShowJavaConsole -- display System.out and System.err output in a separate ...

ReleaseJavaObject (JLink Symbol)

ReleaseJavaObject[javaobject] tells the Java memory-management system to forget about any references to the specified JavaObject that are being maintained solely for the sake ...

.NET Memory Management (NETLink Guide)

CreateCOMObject (NETLink Symbol)

CreateCOMObject[str] creates a COM object specified by the string str.

GetActiveCOMObject (NETLink Symbol)

GetActiveCOMObject[string] acquires an already-running COM object specified by string, which can be either a ProgID (such as "Excel.Application") or a CLSID (such as ...