How Input and Output Work (Mathematica Tutorial)

Steps in the operation of Mathematica. When you type something like x^2 what Mathematica at first sees is just the string of characters x, ^, 2. But with the usual way that ...

Packages for Symbolic Mathematics (Mathematica Tutorial)

There are many Mathematica packages that implement symbolic mathematical operations. Here are a few examples drawn from the standard set of packages distributed with ...

Styles and Fonts in Output (Mathematica Tutorial)

Specifying output styles. The second x^2 is here shown in boldface. This shows the word text in font sizes from 10 to 20 points.

CUDAFunctionInformation (CUDALink Symbol)

CUDAFunctionInformation[fun] returns information about a CUDAFunction.

CloseSQLConnection (DatabaseLink Symbol)

CloseSQLConnection[conn] disconnects the current connection associated with a data source.

Dropping Tables with Raw SQL (DatabaseLink Tutorial)

The raw SQL command DROP TABLE drops tables from a database. An alternative is to use the Mathematica command SQLDropTable, described in "Dropping Tables". If you find that ...

AppletViewer (JLink Symbol)

AppletViewer[javaclass, parameters] displays a window with an applet of the specified JavaClass running in it. AppletViewer["classname", parameters] displays a window running ...

JavaBlock (JLink Symbol)

JavaBlock[expr] causes all new Java objects returned to Mathematica during the evaluation of expr to be released when expr finishes. It is an error to refer to such an object ...

NLimit (Numerical Calculus Package Symbol)

NLimit[expr, z -> z_0] numerically finds the limiting value of expr as z approaches z_0.

Equations and Inequalities over Domains (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica normally assumes that variables which appear in equations can stand for arbitrary complex numbers. But when you use Reduce, you can explicitly tell Mathematica ...