NMinValue (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

NMinValue[f, x] gives the minimum value of f with respect to x.NMinValue[f, {x, y, ...}] gives the minimum value of f with respect to x, y, .... NMinValue[{f, cons}, {x, y, ...

Introduction to Constrained ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

Constrained optimization problems are problems for which a function f(x) is to be minimized or maximized subject to constraints Φ(x). Here f:^n  is called the objective ...

NMaxValue (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

NMaxValue[f, x] gives the maximum value of f with respect to x.NMaxValue[f, {x, y, ...}] gives the maximum value of f with respect to x, y, .... NMaxValue[{f, cons}, {x, y, ...

DebuggerStepIn (Mathematica Front End Token)

"DebuggerStepIn" is a front end token that stops the evaluation at the next possible stopping point.

Factor a Polynomial (Mathematica How To)

Mathematica includes functionality to factor polynomials symbolically.

FindShortestPath (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FindShortestPath[g, s, t] finds the shortest path from source vertex s to target vertex t in the graph g.FindShortestPath[g, s, All] generates a ShortestPathFunction[...] ...

Take a Derivative (Mathematica How To)

Mathematica makes it easy to take even the most complicated derivatives involving any of its huge range of differentiable special functions.

Doing Computations in Notebooks (Mathematica Tutorial)

A typical Mathematica notebook containing text, graphics, and Mathematica expressions. The brackets on the right indicate the extent of each cell. Mathematica notebooks are ...

Searching Files (Mathematica Tutorial)

Finding lines that contain specified text. Here is a file containing some text. This returns a list of all the lines in the file containing the text is.

Summary of New Features in 7.0 (Mathematica Guide)

The introduction of Mathematica 6 in 2007 represented a revolutionary redefinition of Mathematica. Arriving only 18 months after Mathematica 6, Mathematica 7 represents ...