The main equations that Solve and related Mathematica functions deal with are polynomial equations. It is easy to solve a linear equation in  x. One can also solve quadratic ...

WalleniusHypergeometricDistribution[n, n_succ, n_tot, w] represents a Wallenius noncentral hypergeometric distribution.

ListPointPlot3D has been added to the built-in Mathematica kernel. ListSurfacePlot3D has been added to the built-in Mathematica kernel. BarChart3D has been added to the ...

LaplaceDistribution[\[Mu], \[Beta]] represents a Laplace double-exponential distribution with mean \[Mu] and scale parameter \[Beta].

TriangularDistribution[{min, max}] represents a symmetric triangular statistical distribution giving values between min and max. TriangularDistribution[{min, max}, c] ...

NormalDistribution[\[Mu], \[Sigma]] represents a normal (Gaussian) distribution with mean \[Mu] and standard deviation \[Sigma].NormalDistribution[] represents a normal ...

First-order PDEs are usually classified as linear, quasi-linear, or nonlinear. The first two types are discussed in this tutorial. A first-order PDE for an unknown function ...

RankedMax[list, n] gives the n\[Null]^th largest element in list.

RankedMin[list, n] gives the n\[Null]^th smallest element in list.

Mathematica 8 adds major new areas, including probability and statistics, graphs and networks, computational finance, control systems, wavelet analysis, and group theory. ...