Getting parts of lists. This gives a list of parts 1 and 3. Here is a nested list.

Pure functions. When you use functional operations such as Nest and Map, you always have to specify a function to apply. In all the examples above, we have used the "name" of ...

EllipticPi[n, m] gives the complete elliptic integral of the third kind \[CapitalPi] (n \[VerticalSeparator] m). EllipticPi[n, \[Phi], m] gives the incomplete elliptic ...

This section is designed to discuss how to make compiled functions run efficiently. It will cover features that make them run faster, as well as problems that can make them ...

NotebookPut[expr] creates a notebook corresponding to expr and makes it the currently selected notebook in the front end. NotebookPut[] creates a new empty ...

The Mathematica compiler provides an important way both to speed up and also to work with Mathematica computations. It does this by taking assumptions about the computations ...

Invisible[expr] displays as space that is the same size as the formatted version of expr.

For many applications, high-level constructs like Manipulate and TabView will immediately give you the dynamic interactivity you need. Mathematica also allows you to create ...

With the default option setting Lighting->Automatic, Mathematica uses a simulated lighting model to determine how to color polygons in three-dimensional graphics. Mathematica ...

Fit[data, funs, vars] finds a least-squares fit to a list of data as a linear combination of the functions funs of variables vars.