FindMaximum (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FindMaximum[f, x] searches for a local maximum in f, starting from an automatically selected point.FindMaximum[f, {x, x_0}] searches for a local maximum in f, starting from ...

FindMinimum (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FindMinimum[f, x] searches for a local minimum in f, starting from an automatically selected point.FindMinimum[f, {x, x_0}] searches for a local minimum in f, starting from ...

Options for Cells (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica provides a large number of options for cells. All of these options can be accessed through the Option Inspector menu item in the front end. They can be set either ...

Some General Notations and Conventions (Mathematica Tutorial)

The names of built-in functions follow some general guidelines. The main expression or object on which a built-in function acts is usually given as the first argument to the ...

Advanced Matrix Operations (Mathematica Tutorial)

Finding singular values and norms of matrices. The singular values of a matrix m are the square roots of the eigenvalues of m.m^*, where * denotes Hermitian transpose. The ...

Modules and Local Variables (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica normally assumes that all your variables are global. This means that every time you use a name like x, Mathematica normally assumes that you are referring to the ...

Reducing Expressions to Their Standard ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

The built-in functions in Mathematica operate in a wide variety of ways. But many of the mathematical functions share an important approach: they are set up so as to reduce ...

FindFit (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FindFit[data, expr, pars, vars] finds numerical values of the parameters pars that make expr give a best fit to data as a function of vars. The data can have the form {{x_1, ...

Histogram3D (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Histogram3D[{{x_1, y_1}, {x_2, y_2}, ...}] plots a 3D histogram of the values {x_i, y_i}.Histogram3D[{{x_1, y_1}, {x_2, y_2}, ...}, bspec] plots a 3D histogram with bins ...

PairedHistogram (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

PairedHistogram[{x_1, x_2, ...}, {y_1, y_2, ...}] plots a paired histogram of the values x_i and y_i.PairedHistogram[{x_1, x_2, ...}, {y_1, y_2, ...}, bspec] plots a paired ...