You can ask for information about any object, whether it is built into Mathematica, has been read in from a Mathematica package, or has been introduced by you. Ways to get ...

To control how a 3D surface responds to simulated light, set its reflection properties. Mathematica lets you control the diffuse reflection of light on a matte surface and ...

With careful attention to branch cuts, Mathematica supports trigonometric functions everywhere in the complex plane, with extensive exact and algebraic transformations, ...

Built into Mathematica is the world's largest collection of both numerical and symbolic equation solving capabilities—with many original algorithms, all automatically ...

Mathematica includes functions for performing a variety of specific algebraic transformations. Some are algorithmically straightforward; others include highly sophisticated ...

Hold[expr] maintains expr in an unevaluated form.

StringReplacePart["string", " snew", {m, n}] replaces the characters at positions m through n in " string" by " snew". StringReplacePart["string", " snew", {{m_1, n_1}, {m_2, ...

The parallel computing features of Mathematica entirely replace the Parallel Computing Toolkit that was available up to Mathematica Version 6. As stated in the Introduction, ...

Why You Do Not Usually Need to Know about Internals Basic Internal Architecture The Algorithms of Mathematica

Polynomial algorithms are at the core of classical "computer algebra". Incorporating methods that span from antiquity to the latest cutting-edge research at Wolfram Research, ...