$BatchOutput is True if output in the current session is being sent in batch mode, suitable for reading by other programs.

$CharacterEncodings gives the list of character encodings that can be used.

$Language is a list of strings which give the names of languages to use for messages.

The hypergeometric functions play a unifying role in mathematical analysis since many important functions, such as the Bessel functions and Legendre functions, are special ...

In the standard notebook front end, Mathematica allows you to set a large number of global options. The values of all these options are by default saved in a "preferences ...

In some cases you may need to specify pattern sequences that are more intricate than things like x__ or x..; for such situations you can use PatternSequence[p_1,p_2,…]. ...

Mathematica can work with polynomials whose coefficients are in the finite field Z_p of integers modulo a prime p. Functions for manipulating polynomials over finite fields. ...

General Mathematica patterns provide a powerful way to do string manipulation. But particularly if you are familiar with specialized string manipulation languages, you may ...

Type the expression that will have an overscript. Type x. Create an overscript by pressing the Control key and the 7 key at the same time.

void MTensor_disownAll (MTensor t) disowns all references to an MTensor that was passed between a library function and Mathematica using shared memory management.