Automatic Loading of Import/Export ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

In addition to the interfaces of Import and Export, Mathematica 8 comes with an autoloading mechanism that simplifies the registration of formats used by the Import and ...

Basic Internal Architecture (Mathematica Tutorial)

Internal representations used by Mathematica. When you type input into Mathematica, a data structure is created in the memory of your computer to represent the expression you ...

Forms of Input and Output (Mathematica Tutorial)

Here is one way to enter a particular expression. Here is another way to enter the same expression. With a notebook front end, you can also enter the expression directly in ...

Testing and Verification (Mathematica Tutorial)

Every version of Mathematica is subjected to a large amount of testing before it is released. The vast majority of this testing is done by an automated system that is written ...

The Algorithms of Mathematica (Mathematica Tutorial)

The built-in functions of Mathematica implement a very large number of algorithms from computer science and mathematics. Some of these algorithms are fairly old, but the vast ...

Two-Way Communication with External ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

When you install a MathLink-compatible external program using Install, the program is set up to behave somewhat like a simplified Mathematica kernel. Every time you call a ...

Graph (Combinatorica Package Symbol)

Graph[e, v, opts] represents a graph object where e is the list of edges annotated with graphics options, v is a list of vertices annotated with graphics options, and opts is ...

Geodesate (Polyhedron Operations Package Symbol)

Geodesate[expr, n] replaces each polygon in graphics expression expr by the projection onto the circumscribed sphere of the order n regular tessellation of that ...

OpenTruncate (Polyhedron Operations Package Symbol)

OpenTruncate[expr] truncates each edge of each polygon in graphics expression expr without filling in with a polygon.OpenTruncate[expr, ratio] truncates to the specified ...

Truncate (Polyhedron Operations Package Symbol)

Truncate[expr] truncates each edge of each polygon in graphics expression expr.Truncate[expr, ratio] truncates to the specified ratio of the edge length.