When you use //N to get a numerical result, Mathematica does what a standard calculator would do: it gives you a result to a fixed number of significant figures. You can also ...

A Bernoulli equation is a first-order equation of the form The problem of solving equations of this type was posed by James Bernoulli in 1695. A year later, in 1696, G. ...

In doing calculations, it is often convenient to collect together several objects, and treat them as a single entity. Lists give you a way to make collections of objects in ...

Numerical root finding. NSolve gives you numerical approximations to all the roots of a polynomial equation. You can also use NSolve to solve sets of simultaneous equations ...

Mathematica has three functions for generating pseudorandom numbers that are distributed uniformly over a range of values. Pseudorandom number generation. Generating tables ...

Mathematica provides a compact way of representing boxes in terms of strings. This is particularly convenient when you want to import or export specifications of boxes as ...

Mathematica is a modular software system in which the kernel which actually performs computations is separate from the front end which handles interaction with the user. The ...

PrimeQCertificate[n] gives a certificate that n is prime or that n is composite.

Transformation rules in Mathematica let you set local values for symbols, functions, and all other types of expressions. Using rules provides a powerful and extensible method ...

Column of numbers or strings. Stores a list of numbers or strings as lines. Plain text format. Is essentially a single-column version of the "Table" format.