Summary of New Features in Mathematica 8 (Mathematica Guide)

CDF (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CDF[dist, x] gives the cumulative distribution function for the symbolic distribution dist evaluated at x.CDF[dist, {x_1, x_2, ...}] gives the multivariate cumulative ...

Frame (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Frame is an option for Graphics, Grid, and other constructs that specifies whether to include a frame.

Database Resources (DatabaseLink Tutorial)

DatabaseLink allows other Mathematica applications to hold resource information for database connections in DatabaseResources directories. There are a number of possible ...

Some Notes on Internal Implementation (Mathematica Tutorial)

General issues about the internal implementation of Mathematica are discussed in "The Internals of Mathematica". Given here are brief notes on particular features. These ...

PDF (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

PDF[dist, x] gives the probability density function for the symbolic distribution dist evaluated at x.PDF[dist, {x_1, x_2, ...}] gives the multivariate probability density ...

ZTransform (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ZTransform[expr, n, z] gives the Z transform of expr. ZTransform[expr, {n_1, n_2, ...}, {z_1, z_2, ...}] gives the multidimensional Z transform of expr.

MLGetReal() (Mathematica MathLink C Function)

int MLGetReal (MLINK link, double *x) gets a floating-point number from the MathLink connection specified by link and stores it in x.

MLPutReal() (Mathematica MathLink C Function)

int MLPutReal (MLINK link, double x) puts the floating-point number x to the MathLink connection specified by link.

MLCheckFunction() (Mathematica MathLink C Function)

int MLCheckFunction (MLINK link, char *name, long *n) checks that a function whose head is a symbol with the specified name is on link, and stores the number of the arguments ...