Using Symbols to Tag Objects (Mathematica Tutorial)

There are many ways to use symbols in Mathematica. Here we use symbols as 'tags' for different types of objects. Working with physical units gives one simple example. When ...

Java User Interfaces (JLink Guide)

DoModal -- wait until the Java window is closed, JavaShow -- make a window visible and in front, ShowJavaConsole -- display System.out and System.err output in a separate ...

Input Syntax (Mathematica Tutorial)

Typical ways to enter characters. All printable ASCII characters can be entered directly. Those that are not alphanumeric are assigned explicit names in Mathematica, allowing ...

MathLink Development in C (Windows) (Mathematica Tutorial)

This document describes how to compile and run MathLink programs written in the C language on computers running a Microsoft Windows operating system. ("MathLink and External ...

MAT (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

MATLAB MAT-files. Matrix data format. Native data format of the MATLAB numerical computation software. Stores numerical matrices, Boolean values, or strings. Binary format. ...

PBM (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

MIME type: image/x-portable-bitmap PBM monochrome raster image format. Member of the Portable family of image formats. Related to PGM and PPM. Implements a subset of the PNM ...

PGM (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

MIME type: image/x-portable-graymap PGM grayscale raster image format. Member of the Portable family of image formats. Related to PBM and PPM. Implements a subset of the PNM ...

RIB (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

RenderMan RIB user entity file. 3D geometry format. Used for photorealistic modeling and rendering. Stores 3D object definitions and scene descriptions. Native format of the ...

AppellF1 (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

AppellF1[a, b_1, b_2, c, x, y] is the Appell hypergeometric function of two variables F_1 (a; b_1, b_2; c; x, y).

Ordering (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Ordering[list] gives the positions in list at which each successive element of Sort[list] appears. Ordering[list, n] gives the positions in list at which the first n elements ...