Version 6.0 continued Mathematica's commitment to delivering the latest and most efficient algorithms for linear algebra, generalized to arbitrary precision and with full ...

NMinimize, NMaximize, Minimize, and Maximize employ global optimization algorithms, and are thus suitable when a global optimum is needed. Minimize and Maximize can find ...

CharacteristicFunction[dist, t] gives the characteristic function for the symbolic distribution dist as a function of the variable t.CharacteristicFunction[dist, {t_1, t_2, ...

Unicode: F4A1 Alias: Esc fn Esc. Infix operator with built-in evaluation rules. x  y is by default interpreted as Function[x,y]. x  y  z groups as x  (y  z). \[Function] ...

"Manipulating Elements of Lists" shows how you can pick out elements of lists based on their positions. Often, however, you will need to select elements based not on where ...

Functions that are specified by simple algebraic formulas tend to be such that when their input is changed only slightly, their output also changes only slightly. But ...

GeneratingFunction[expr, n, x] gives the generating function in x for the sequence whose n\[Null]^th series coefficient is given by the expression ...

ComplexityFunction is an option for Simplify and other functions which gives a function to rank the complexity of different forms of an expression.

NormFunction is an option for functions such as FindFit and NDSolve which gives a function to be minimized in generating results.