$MaxPrecision (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$MaxPrecision gives the maximum number of digits of precision to be allowed in arbitrary-precision numbers.

Arbitrary-Precision Calculations (Mathematica Tutorial)

When you use //N to get a numerical result, Mathematica does what a standard calculator would do: it gives you a result to a fixed number of significant figures. You can also ...

Expressions as Trees (Mathematica Tutorial)

Here is an expression in full form. TreeForm prints out expressions to show their "tree" structure. You can think of any Mathematica expression as a tree. In the expression ...

The Standard Evaluation Procedure (Mathematica Tutorial)

Here the standard procedure used by Mathematica to evaluate expressions is described. This procedure is the one followed for most kinds of expression. There are, however, ...

HDF5 (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

HDF data format Version 5. General purpose format for representing multidimensional datasets and images. Used for storage, management, and exchange of scientific data. HDF is ...

JSON (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

MIME type: application/json. Data interchange format. Commonly used in web service implementations. Contains collections of unordered name-value pairs or ordered values. JSON ...

VCS (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

MIME types: text/calendar VCS vCalendar format. Used for the storage and exchange of calendar information and in personal information management applications. Superseded by ...

Complex (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Complex is the head used for complex numbers.

ControllerState (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ControllerState["c"] gives the state of the control c for the first connected controller device on which it is supported.ControllerState[{"c_1", "c_2", ...}] gives the states ...

ParticleData (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ParticleData[name, " property"] gives the specified property for a subatomic particle or family of particles with the specified name. ParticleData[{name, q}, " property"] ...