$DistributedContexts (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$DistributedContexts is the default value of the DistributedContexts option of functions such as ParallelTable and ParallelMap.

$MessagePrePrint (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$MessagePrePrint is a global variable whose value, if set, is applied to expressions before they are included in the text of messages.

$MinPrecision (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$MinPrecision gives the minimum number of digits of precision to be allowed in arbitrary-precision numbers.

Defining Functions (Mathematica Tutorial)

There are many functions that are built into Mathematica. This tutorial discusses how you can add your own simple functions to Mathematica. As a first example, consider ...

Fonts on Linux (Mathematica Tutorial)

Dealing with fonts under Linux can sometimes be tricky. The important issues in dealing with fonts in Mathematica are presented in this tutorial for your convenience. The ...

Functions as Procedures (Mathematica Tutorial)

In many kinds of calculations, you may find yourself typing the same input to Mathematica over and over again. You can save yourself a lot of typing by defining a function ...

Numerical Solution of ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

In general, a system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) can be expressed in the normal form, The derivatives of the dependent variables x are expressed explicitly in ...

Symmetric Polynomials (Mathematica Tutorial)

A symmetric polynomial in variables x_1,…,x_n is a polynomial that is invariant under arbitrary permutations of x_1,…,x_n. Polynomials are called elementary symmetric ...

ShowNETWindow (NETLink Symbol)

ShowNETWindow[form] displays the specified .NET form in the foreground.

Do Constrained Nonlinear Optimization (Mathematica How To)

An important subset of optimization problems is constrained nonlinear optimization, where the function is not linear and the parameter values are constrained to certain ...