OpenCLImplicitRender3D (OpenCLLink Symbol)

OpenCLImplicitRender3D[poly, vars, r] ray traces the implicit surface poly = 0 as a function of vars with bound sphere of radius r.

New in 8.0: Visualization & Graphics (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica 8 adds a number of new areas for visualization, including statistical, financial, wavelet, and control-related visualizations. These areas all provide a high ...

Drawing Tools (Mathematica Tutorial)

Type Ctrl+DynamicBox[If[$OperatingSystem === MacOSX, T, D], ImageSizeCache -> {9., {0., 8.}}] or choose Graphics > Drawing Tools. For more information on each tool, click the ...

AxesLabel (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

AxesLabel is an option for graphics functions that specifies labels for axes.

Entering Tables and Matrices (Mathematica Tutorial)

The Mathematica front end provides an Insert > Table/Matrix submenu for creating and editing arrays with any specified number of rows and columns. Once you have such an ...

CoefficientList (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CoefficientList[poly, var] gives a list of coefficients of powers of var in poly, starting with power 0. CoefficientList[poly, {var_1, var_2, ...}] gives an array of ...

Coordinate Systems for ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

Whenever Mathematica draws a three-dimensional object, it always effectively puts a cuboidal box around the object. With the default option setting Boxed->True, Mathematica ...

Making Definitions for Functions (Mathematica Tutorial)

"Defining Functions" discusses how you can define functions in Mathematica. In a typical case, you would type in f[x_]=x^2 to define a function f. (Actually, the definitions ...

CharacterRange (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CharacterRange["c_1", "c_2"] yields a list of the characters in the range from "c_1" to "c_2".

Date & Time (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica has a highly flexible system for handling dates and times in almost any format, automatically converting between formats, and when necessary parsing strings ...