Different measures of distance or similarity are convenient for different types of analysis. Mathematica provides built-in functions for many standard distance measures, as ...

BooleanConvert[expr] converts the Boolean expression expr to disjunctive normal form.BooleanConvert[expr, form] converts the Boolean expression expr to the specified ...

Permute[expr, perm] permutes the positions of the elements of expr according to the permutation perm.Permute[expr, gr] returns the list of permuted forms of expr under the ...

BorderDimensions[image] gives the pixel width of uniform borders of image in the form {{left, right}, {bottom, top}}.BorderDimensions[image, t] finds borders whose pixels ...

LocatorAutoCreate is an option for LocatorPane, Manipulate, and related functions that specifies whether new locators should be created when clicking away from existing ...

PhaseMargins[sys] gives the phase margins of a linear time-invariant system sys.

Functions to pick out pieces of polynomials. Here is an algebraic expression. This gives the coefficient of x in e.

DiscreteRatio[f, i] gives the discrete ratio f(i + 1)/f(i).DiscreteRatio[f, {i, n}] gives the multiple discrete ratio.DiscreteRatio[f, {i, n, h}] gives the multiple discrete ...

Insert[list, elem, n] inserts elem at position n in list. If n is negative, the position is counted from the end. Insert[expr, elem, {i, j, ...}] inserts elem at position {i, ...

A typical Mathematica notebook containing text, graphics, and Mathematica expressions. The brackets on the right indicate the extent of each cell. Mathematica notebooks are ...