Building on the concept of symbolic data description, Mathematica 6.0 introduced the major new "elements" framework for handling import and export of data, in nearly a ...

Widely recognized as the world's most powerful list manipulation language, Mathematica added in Version 6.0 a number of important new functions. Each function was carefully ...

Mathematica stands out from traditional computer languages in supporting many programming paradigms. Procedural programming is the only paradigm available in languages like C ...

Mathematica's core language and computation capabilities can be accessed not only through its rich interactive notebook interface, but also directly through a command-line ...

Monte Carlo methods use randomly generated numbers or events to simulate random processes and estimate complicated results. For example, they are used to model financial ...

Variables and functions are integral to Mathematica 's symbolic programming language. These "How tos" give step-by-step instructions for common tasks related to variables, ...

AllowScriptLevelChange is an option for fractions and grids that controls whether certain operators, such as \[Sum], \[Product], and \[Integral], always appear smaller than ...

ButtonBoxOptions -> {opt_1 -> val_1, opt_2 -> val_2, ...} is an option for cells that specifies settings for buttons within the cell.

FontProperties -> {opt_1 -> val_1, opt_2 -> val_2} specifies font properties.

FractionBoxOptions -> {opt_1 -> val_1, opt_2 -> val_2, ...} is an option for cells that specifies settings for FractionBox objects within the cell.