Enter Ranges and Options for Functions (Mathematica How To)

The main expression or object that a built-in Mathematica function acts on is given as the first argument to the function. As part of the syntax, a built-in Mathematica ...

Some Special Plots (Mathematica Tutorial)

As discussed in "The Structure of Graphics and Sound", Mathematica includes a full graphics programming language. In this language, you can set up many different kinds of ...

Function Approximations Package (Function Approximations Package Guide)

Function Approximations Package (Function Approximations Package Tutorial)

This loads the package. Economized rational approximations. A Pad é approximation is very accurate near the center of expansion, but the error increases rapidly as you get ...

MaxPlotPoints (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

MaxPlotPoints is an option for plotting functions like ArrayPlot and ListPlot3D that specifies the maximum number of points that will explicitly be included in the output.

ListPlot (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ListPlot[{y_1, y_2, ...}] plots points corresponding to a list of values, assumed to correspond to x coordinates 1, 2, .... ListPlot[{{x_1, y_1}, {x_2, y_2}, ...}] plots a ...

ParametricPlot3D (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ParametricPlot3D[{f_x, f_y, f_z}, {u, u_min, u_max}] produces a three-dimensional space curve parametrized by a variable u which runs from u_min to u_max. ...

DateFunction (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

DateFunction is an option for DateListPlot that specifies how dates given as input should be converted to date lists.

NormalsFunction (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

NormalsFunction is an option for Plot3D and related functions that specifies a function to apply to determine the effective surface normals at every point.

ColorFunction (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ColorFunction is an option for graphics functions that specifies a function to apply to determine colors of elements.