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 ...

Reducing Expressions to Their Standard ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

The built-in functions in Mathematica operate in a wide variety of ways. But many of the mathematical functions share an important approach: they are set up so as to reduce ...

SQLConnectionPool (DatabaseLink Symbol)

SQLConnectionPool[...] is an object that represents a connection pool to a data source.

Database Connections (DatabaseLink Tutorial)

The first step in using a database is making a connection. This part of the tutorial discusses how to do this. If you are just starting to use DatabaseLink, you might want to ...

GIF (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

Registered MIME type: image/gif GIF raster image format. Commonly used for static and animated graphics on the web. GIF is an acronym for Graphics Interchange Format. Binary ...

OFF (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

OFF 3D geometry format. Used for storing and exchanging 3D models. OFF is an acronym for Object File Format. Occasionally called COFF if color information is present. Related ...

PLY (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

3D geometry format. ASCII or binary format. Used for storage and interchange of 3D graphical objects. Known as Stanford Triangle Format. PLY is an acronym derived from ...

Dividers (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Dividers is an option for Grid and related constructs that specifies where and how to draw divider lines.

ImageSize (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ImageSize is an option that specifies the overall size of an image to display for an object.

ParameterEstimator (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ParameterEstimator is an option to EstimatedDistribution and FindDistributionParameters that specifies what parameter estimator to use.