Principal Axis Method (Mathematica Tutorial)

"Gauss–Newton" and "conjugate gradient" methods use derivatives. When Mathematica cannot compute symbolic derivatives, finite differences will be used. Computing derivatives ...

The Secant Method (Mathematica Tutorial)

When derivatives cannot be computed symbolically, "Newton's" method will be used, but with a finite difference approximation to the Jacobian. This can have costs in terms of ...

CCompilerDriver (C Compiler Driver Package Guide)

The CCompilerDriver package lets you work with C compilers that are installed on your computer. It lets you build executables, libraries, and object files from C source code. ...

ClosedKernel (Lightweight Grid Client Symbol)

ClosedKernel["linkname"] represents a Lightweight Grid kernel that was successfully closed.

RemoteServiceInformation (Lightweight Grid Client Symbol)

RemoteServiceInformation[agent] returns information about the services provided by agent.RemoteServiceInformation[] returns information about services provided by agents on ...

CDefine (SymbolicC Package Symbol)

CDefine[def] is a symbolic representation of a preprocessor define.

DaysBetween (Calendar Package Symbol)

DaysBetween[{year_1, month_1, day_1}, {year_2, month_2, day_2}] gives the number of days between the dates {year_1, month_1, day_1} and {year_2, month_2, day_2}. ...

Permutation Groups (Combinatorica Package Guide)

Isomorphism (Combinatorica Package Symbol)

Isomorphism[g, h] gives an isomorphism between graphs g and h if one exists. Isomorphism[g, h, All] gives all isomorphisms between graphs g and h. Isomorphism[g] gives the ...

PowerListQ (Finite Fields Package Symbol)

PowerListQ[f] gives True if the list representing the powers of a primitive element of the field is used to do field arithmetic, and False otherwise.