Sort (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Sort[list] sorts the elements of list into canonical order. Sort[list, p] sorts using the ordering function p.

StringMatchQ (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

StringMatchQ["string", patt] tests whether " string" matches the string pattern patt. StringMatchQ["string", RegularExpression["regex"]] tests whether " string" matches the ...

Not (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

! expr is the logical NOT function. It gives False if expr is True, and True if it is False.

Special Characters (Mathematica Tutorial)

Built into Mathematica are a large number of special characters intended for use in mathematical and other notation. "Listing of Named Characters" gives a complete listing. ...

Simplifying with Assumptions (Mathematica Tutorial)

Simplifying with assumptions. Mathematica does not automatically simplify this, since it is only true for some values of x. Sqrt[x^2] is equal to x for x≥0, but not otherwise.

Orthogonalize (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Orthogonalize[{v_1, v_2, ...}] gives an orthonormal basis found by orthogonalizing the vectors v_i.Orthogonalize[{e_1, e_2, ...}, f] gives a basis for the e_i orthonormal ...

NMaxValue (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

NMaxValue[f, x] gives the maximum value of f with respect to x.NMaxValue[f, {x, y, ...}] gives the maximum value of f with respect to x, y, .... NMaxValue[{f, cons}, {x, y, ...

NMinValue (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

NMinValue[f, x] gives the minimum value of f with respect to x.NMinValue[f, {x, y, ...}] gives the minimum value of f with respect to x, y, .... NMinValue[{f, cons}, {x, y, ...

Interactive 3D Control (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica provides real-time view control for all 3D graphics, wherever they may appear in a document. Mathematica's advanced human interface device system also ...

Special Characters (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica not only has systemwide support for arbitrary Unicode characters, but also includes nearly a thousand carefully designed characters for mathematical notation and ...