Importing and Exporting Data (Mathematica Tutorial)

Importing and exporting tabular data. This exports an array of numbers to the file out.dat. Here are the contents of the file out.dat.

Times (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

x*y*z, x*y*z, or x y z represents a product of terms.

Distribute (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Distribute[f[x_1, x_2, ...]] distributes f over Plus appearing in any of the x_i. Distribute[expr, g] distributes over g. Distribute[expr, g, f] performs the distribution ...

\[CircleDot] (Mathematica Character Name)

Unicode: 2299. Alias: Esc c. Esc. Infix operator. x ⊙ y is by default interpreted as CircleDot[x,y]. Used in mathematics for various operations related to multiplication, ...

Cell > Grouping > Automatic Grouping (Mathematica Menu Item)

Automatic Grouping automatically creates hierarchical cell groups on the basis of cell style.

Cell Menu (Mathematica Guide)

Insert > Typesetting (Mathematica Menu Item)

Typesetting opens a submenu of common typesetting actions.

Intersection (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Intersection[list_1, list_2, ...] gives a sorted list of the elements common to all the list_i.

Word Processing in Notebooks (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica includes many commands for word processing and formatting. You can set the following cell options from the Format menu: style, font, face, size, text color, ...

Naming Pieces of Patterns (Mathematica Tutorial)

Particularly when you use transformation rules, you often need to name pieces of patterns. An object like x_ stands for any expression, but gives the expression the name x. ...