Zeta (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Zeta[s] gives the Riemann zeta function \[Zeta](s). Zeta[s, a] gives the generalized Riemann zeta function \[Zeta](s, a).

Putting Constraints on Patterns (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica provides a general mechanism for specifying constraints on patterns. All you need to do is to put /;condition at the end of a pattern to signify that it applies ...

Nonlinear Conjugate Gradient Methods (Mathematica Tutorial)

The basis for a nonlinear conjugate gradient method is to effectively apply the linear conjugate gradient method, where the residual is replaced by the gradient. A model ...

ArrayPlot (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ArrayPlot[array] generates a plot in which the values in an array are shown in a discrete array of squares.

SphericalPlot3D (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

SphericalPlot3D[r, \[Theta], \[Phi]] generates a 3D plot with a spherical radius r as a function of spherical coordinates \[Theta] and \[Phi].SphericalPlot3D[r, {\[Theta], ...

StableDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

StableDistribution[type, \[Alpha], \[Beta], \[Mu], \[Sigma]] represents the stable distribution S_type with index of stability \[Alpha], skewness parameter \[Beta], location ...

ND (Numerical Calculus Package Symbol)

ND[expr, x, x_0] gives a numerical approximation to the derivative of expr with respect to x at the point x_0.ND[expr, {x, n}, x_0] gives a numerical approximation to the ...

Summary of New Features in Mathematica 8 (Mathematica Guide)

EstimatorGains (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

EstimatorGains[ss, {p_1, p_2, ..., p_n}] gives the estimator gain matrix for the StateSpaceModel object ss, such that the poles of the estimator are p_i.

ExtremeValueDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ExtremeValueDistribution[\[Alpha], \[Beta]] represents an extreme value distribution with location parameter \[Alpha] and scale parameter \[Beta].