The Meaning of Expressions (Mathematica Tutorial)

The notion of expressions is a crucial unifying principle in Mathematica. It is the fact that every object in Mathematica has the same underlying structure that makes it ...

ListCurvePathPlot (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ListCurvePathPlot[{{x_1, y_1}, {x_2, y_2}, ...}] plots a curve that corresponds to a smooth path through the specified points.

PopupMenu (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

PopupMenu[x, {val_1, val_2, ...}] represents a popup menu with setting x and possible values val_i. PopupMenu[Dynamic[x], {val_1, ...}] takes the setting to be the ...

Palettes Menu (Mathematica Guide)

Polynomial Factoring & Decomposition (Mathematica Guide)

Factoring a quadratic polynomial in one variable is straightforward. But Mathematica routinely factors degree-100 polynomials in 3 variables—by making use of a tower of ...

Manipulating Equations (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica's symbolic architecture allows it to represent any equation as a symbolic expression that can be manipulated using any of Mathematica's powerful collection of ...

Import (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Import["file"] imports data from a file, returning a complete Mathematica version of it. Import["file", elements] imports the specified elements from a file.Import["http:// ...

Namespace Management (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica supports dynamic hierarchical namespace management, fully integrated into the Mathematica language. Mathematica's symbolic programming paradigm allows a unique ...

MonomialList (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

MonomialList[poly] gives the list of all monomials in the polynomial poly.MonomialList[poly, {x_1, x_2, ...}] gives the list of monomials with respect to the variables x_i in ...

Computational Systems (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica is the tool that has made possible Stephen Wolfram's exploration of the computational universe, and the emerging field of Wolfram Science (NKS). Whether for ...