New in 6.0: Mathematical Functions (Mathematica Guide)

RSolve (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

RSolve[eqn, a[n], n] solves a recurrence equation for a[n]. RSolve[{eqn_1, eqn_2, ...}, {a_1[n], a_2[n], ...}, n] solves a system of recurrence equations. RSolve[eqn, a[n_1, ...

BitSet (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

BitSet[n, k] sets to 1 the bit corresponding to the coefficient of 2^k in the integer n.

Converting between Expressions & Strings (Mathematica Guide)

Expressions in Mathematica can be represented as strings in a variety of ways, for display, export, or processing. Mathematica provides powerful functions for formatting ...

Algebraic Number Theory (Mathematica Guide)

With its convenient symbolic representation of algebraic numbers, Mathematica's state-of-the-art algebraic number theory capabilities provide a concrete implementation of one ...

BaseForm (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

BaseForm[expr, n] prints with the numbers in expr given in base n.

Quotient (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Quotient[m, n] gives the integer quotient of m and n. Quotient[m, n, d] uses an offset d.

PrimeQ (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

PrimeQ[expr] yields True if expr is a prime number, and yields False otherwise.

Hash (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Hash[expr] gives an integer hash code for the expression expr.Hash[expr, " type"] gives an integer hash code of the specified type for expr.

MLGetInteger16() (Mathematica MathLink C Function)

int MLGetInteger16 (MLINK link, short *i) gets a 16-bit integer from the MathLink connection specified by link and stores it as a C short in i.