New in 8.0: Visualization & Graphics (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica 8 adds a number of new areas for visualization, including statistical, financial, wavelet, and control-related visualizations. These areas all provide a high ...

Statistics`NonlinearFit` (Mathematica Compatibility Information)

NonlinearFit is replaced by FindFit. NonlinearRegress functionality is now available using the built-in function NonlinearModelFit.

CoefficientRules (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CoefficientRules[poly, {x_1, x_2, ...}] gives the list {{e_11, e_12, ...} -> c_1, {e_21, ...} -> c_2, ...} of exponent vectors and coefficients for the monomials in poly with ...

FinancialDerivative (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FinancialDerivative[instrument, params, ambientparams] gives the value of the specified financial instrument.FinancialDerivative[instrument, params, ambientparams, prop] ...

CurrentValue (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CurrentValue[item] gives the current value of item at a location in the Mathematica system and interface. CurrentValue[{item, spec}] gives the current value for the feature ...

FunctionExpand (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FunctionExpand[expr] tries to expand out special and certain other functions in expr, when possible reducing compound arguments to simpler ones. FunctionExpand[expr, assum] ...

Transformation Rules and Definitions (Mathematica Overview)

Applying Transformation Rules Manipulating Sets of Transformation Rules Making Definitions

MicroscopicErrorPlot (Computer Arithmetic Package Symbol)

MicroscopicErrorPlot[f, {x, a}] plots the error incurred by using machine arithmetic to evaluate the expression f in a small neighborhood of a.MicroscopicErrorPlot[f, {x, a, ...

BernoulliDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

BernoulliDistribution[p] represents a Bernoulli distribution with probability parameter p.

The Standard Evaluation Procedure (Mathematica Tutorial)

Here the standard procedure used by Mathematica to evaluate expressions is described. This procedure is the one followed for most kinds of expression. There are, however, ...