FullGraphics[g] takes a graphics object, and generates a new one in which objects specified by graphics options are given as explicit lists of graphics primitives.
Projection[u, v] finds the projection of the vector u onto the vector v.Projection[u, v, f] finds projections with respect to the inner product function f.
TraceDepth is an option for Trace and related functions which specifies the maximum nesting of evaluation chains that are to be included.
AbsoluteOptions[expr] gives the absolute settings of options specified in an expression such as a graphics object. AbsoluteOptions[expr, name] gives the absolute setting for ...
ColumnAlignments is an option for the low-level function GridBox that specifies how entries in each column should be aligned.
Variance[list] gives the sample variance of the elements in list. Variance[dist] gives the variance of the symbolic distribution dist.
Mathematica offers extensive support for plotting all kinds of data in many different ways.
IdentityMatrix[n] gives the n*n identity matrix.
Converting between strings and lists of characters. This gives a list of the characters in the string. You can apply standard list manipulation operations to this list.
Sparse representations of matrices are useful because they do not store every element. If one particular value appears very frequently it can be very advantageous to use a ...