Mathematica supports using joysticks, gamepads, 3D mice, and all other controller devices that follow the HID specification. In fact, in many cases, there is zero setup ...

If you represent the n^th term in a sequence as a[n], you can use a recurrence equation to specify how it is related to other terms in the sequence. RSolve takes recurrence ...

Mathematica symbolic expressions can represent an immense range of types of objects. Mathematica provides a rich collection of functions to test expressions. Functions that ...

FillingStyle is an option for ListPlot, Plot, Plot3D, and related functions that specifies the default style of filling to be used.

Filling is an option for ListPlot, Plot, Plot3D, and related functions that specifies what filling to add under points, curves, and surfaces.

DirectedEdges is an option for Graph, GraphPlot, and related functions that specifies whether edges should be taken to be directed.

Specifying formats for text in graphics. Here is a plot with default settings for all formats. Here is the same plot, but now using a 12-point bold font.

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

RegularExpression["regex"] represents the generalized regular expression specified by the string " regex".

Exponential and related distributions occur in a variety of contexts, such as reliability and communication. As such, a large number of extensions and variations of ...