References (Mathematica Tutorial)

[AN96] Adams, L. and J. L. Nazareth. (Eds.) Linear and Nonlinear Conjugate Gradient-Related Methods. SIAM, 1996. [Br02] Brent, R. P. Algorithms for Minimization without ...

Contours (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Contours is an option for contour plots that specifies the contours to draw.

Functions That Do Not Have Unique Values (Mathematica Tutorial)

When you ask for the square root s of a number a, you are effectively asking for the solution to the equation s^2a. This equation, however, in general has two different ...

RemoveProperty (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

RemoveProperty[{obj, item}] removes all properties associated with item in obj.RemoveProperty[{obj, item}, name] removes the property name associated with item in obj.

SetProperty (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

SetProperty[{obj, item}, name -> value] sets the property name -> value for item in obj.

Making Power Series Expansions (Mathematica Tutorial)

Functions for creating power series. Here is the power series expansion for exp(x) about the point x0 to order x^4. Here is the series expansion of exp(x) about the point ...

Sum (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Sum[f, {i, i_max}] evaluates the sum \[Sum]i = 1 i_max f. Sum[f, {i, i_min, i_max}] starts with i = i_min. Sum[f, {i, i_min, i_max, di}] uses steps d i. Sum[f, {i, {i_1, i_2, ...

Casoratian (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Casoratian[{y_1, y_2, ...}, n] gives the Casoratian determinant for the sequences y_1, y_2, ... depending on n.Casoratian[eqn, y, n] gives the Casoratian determinant for the ...

Resolve (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Resolve[expr] attempts to resolve expr into a form that eliminates ForAll and Exists quantifiers. Resolve[expr, dom] works over the domain dom. Common choices of dom are ...

Cancel (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Cancel[expr] cancels out common factors in the numerator and denominator of expr.