Defining local constants. Module allows you to set up local variables, to which you can assign values and then change them. Often, however, all you really need are local ...

NSolve gives you a general way to find numerical approximations to the solutions of polynomial equations. Finding numerical solutions to more general equations, however, can ...

Sometimes you may want to set up functions where certain arguments, if omitted, are given "default values". The pattern x_:v stands for an object that can be omitted, and if ...

If the front end activation dialog box appears when you launch Mathematica, either Mathematica could not locate the mathpass file or there was no valid password in the ...

When you install a MathLink-compatible external program using Install, the program is set up to behave somewhat like a simplified Mathematica kernel. Every time you call a ...

Nearest is used to find elements in a list that are closest to a given data point. Nearest function. Nearest works with numeric lists, tensors, or a list of strings.

WriteDataSource[name] writes a new HSQL data source name.WriteDataSource[name, database] writes a new data source to database.

$RelaxedTypeChecking is a flag that can be set to True to speed up the validation performed in Mathematica (via pattern tests) on arrays of data being sent as arguments to ...

 

TetGen is a quality tetrahedral mesh generator and a three-dimensional Delaunay triangulator. TetGenLink is a Mathematica application that uses Wolfram Library Link to link ...