FindFit (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FindFit[data, expr, pars, vars] finds numerical values of the parameters pars that make expr give a best fit to data as a function of vars. The data can have the form {{x_1, ...

NonlinearModelFit (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

NonlinearModelFit[{y_1, y_2, ...}, form, {\[Beta]_1, ...}, x] constructs a nonlinear model with structure form that fits the y_i for successive x values 1, 2, ... using the ...

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], ...

LinearModelFit (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

LinearModelFit[{y_1, y_2, ...}, {f_1, f_2, ...}, x] constructs a linear model of the form \[Beta]_0 + \[Beta]_1 f_1 + \[Beta]_2 f_2 + ... that fits the y_i for successive x ...

ParallelMap (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ParallelMap[f, expr] applies f in parallel to each element on the first level in expr.ParallelMap[f, expr, levelspec] applies f in parallel to parts of expr specified by ...

ZTransform (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ZTransform[expr, n, z] gives the Z transform of expr. ZTransform[expr, {n_1, n_2, ...}, {z_1, z_2, ...}] gives the multidimensional Z transform of expr.

Vector Analysis Package (Vector Analysis Package Tutorial)

A three-dimensional coordinate system assigns three numbers to each point in space. In defining a coordinate system, you have to make a choice about what to measure and how ...

ButtonBar (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ButtonBar[{lbl_1 :> act_1, lbl_2 :> act_2, ...}] represents a bar of buttons with labels lbl_i that perform actions act_i when pressed.

Controlling the Precision of Results (Mathematica Tutorial)

In doing numerical operations like NDSolve and NMinimize, Mathematica by default uses machine numbers. But by setting the option WorkingPrecision->n you can tell it to use ...

QuadraticFormDistribution (Multivariate Statistics Package Symbol)

QuadraticFormDistribution[{a, b, c}, {\[Mu], \[CapitalSigma]}] represents the distribution of a quadratic form z.a.z + b.z + c for multivariate normal z.