Messages (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica has a general mechanism for handling messages generated during computations. Many built-in Mathematica functions use this mechanism to produce error and warning ...

Projection Method for NDSolve (Mathematica Tutorial)

When a differential system has a certain structure, it is advantageous if a numerical integration method preserves the structure. In certain situations it is useful to solve ...

ParticleData (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ParticleData[name, " property"] gives the specified property for a subatomic particle or family of particles with the specified name. ParticleData[{name, q}, " property"] ...

GCD (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

GCD[n_1, n_2, ...] gives the greatest common divisor of the n_i.

Read (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Read[stream] reads one expression from an input stream and returns the expression. Read[stream, type] reads one object of the specified type. Read[stream, {type_1, type_2, ...

RemoteService (Lightweight Grid Client Symbol)

RemoteService[properties] contains a list of properties about a service provided by a Lightweight Grid Manager.

SCT (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

Scitex CT format. Raster image file format. Used for pre-press imaging applications. SCT is an acronym for Scitex Continuous Tone. Binary format. Stores images as RGB, CMYK, ...

NArgMin (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

NArgMin[f, x] gives a position x_min at which f is numerically minimized.NArgMin[f, {x, y, ...}] gives a position {x_min, y_min, ...} at which f is numerically ...

Operations on Strings (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica provides a variety of functions for manipulating strings. Most of these functions are based on viewing strings as a sequence of characters, and many of the ...

Minimization and Maximization (Mathematica Tutorial)

Minimization and maximization. Minimize and Maximize yield lists giving the value attained at the minimum or maximum, together with rules specifying where the minimum or ...