StableDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

StableDistribution[type, \[Alpha], \[Beta], \[Mu], \[Sigma]] represents the stable distribution S_type with index of stability \[Alpha], skewness parameter \[Beta], location ...

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 ...

StateFeedbackGains (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

StateFeedbackGains[ss, {p_1, p_2, ..., p_n}] gives the state feedback gain matrix for the StateSpaceModel object ss such that the poles of the closed-loop system are p_i.

Advanced Topics in Web Services (WebServices Tutorial)

Sometimes it is useful to work directly with the request message that is sent to a web service. This message may be retrieved using the ToServiceRequest function. ...

Nonlinear Conjugate Gradient Methods (Mathematica Tutorial)

The basis for a nonlinear conjugate gradient method is to effectively apply the linear conjugate gradient method, where the residual is replaced by the gradient. A model ...

CUDALink Setup (CUDALink Tutorial)

This section is concerned with the way that CUDALink is set up and configured for your machine. It will also help to track down and correct problems. CUDALink is designed to ...

FinancialDerivative (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FinancialDerivative[instrument, params, ambientparams] gives the value of the specified financial instrument.FinancialDerivative[instrument, params, ambientparams, prop] ...

Roots::eqn (Mathematica Message)

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SphericalPlot3D (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

SphericalPlot3D[r, \[Theta], \[Phi]] generates a 3D plot with a spherical radius r as a function of spherical coordinates \[Theta] and \[Phi].SphericalPlot3D[r, {\[Theta], ...

Newton's Method (Mathematica Tutorial)

One significant advantage Mathematica provides is that it can symbolically compute derivatives. This means that when you specify Method->"Newton" and the function is ...