MachinePrecision (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

MachinePrecision is a symbol used to indicate machine-number precision.

NonCommutativeMultiply (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

a ** b ** c is a general associative, but non-commutative, form of multiplication.

SpheroidalS1 (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

SpheroidalS1[n, m, \[Gamma], z] gives the radial spheroidal function S_n^m, (1)(\[Gamma], z) of the first kind.

UnitTriangle (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

UnitTriangle[x] represents the unit triangle function on the interval |x| <= 1 .UnitTriangle[x_1, x_2, ...] represents the multidimensional unit triangle function on the ...

StiffnessSwitching Method for NDSolve (Mathematica Tutorial)

The basic idea behind the "StiffnessSwitching" method is to provide an automatic means of switching between a nonstiff and a stiff solver. The "StiffnessTest" and ...

ArcSinh (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ArcSinh[z] gives the inverse hyperbolic sine sinh -1 (z) of the complex number z.

Power (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

x^y gives x to the power y.

VectorPlot (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

VectorPlot[{v_x, v_y}, {x, x_min, x_max}, {y, y_min, y_max}] generates a vector plot of the vector field {v_x, v_y} as a function of x and y. VectorPlot[{{v_x, v_y}, {w_x, ...

BesselI (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

BesselI[n, z] gives the modified Bessel function of the first kind I_n (z).

Monitoring and Selecting Algorithms (Mathematica Tutorial)

Functions in Mathematica are carefully set up so that you normally do not have to know how they work inside. But particularly for numerical functions that use iterative ...