New in 8.0: Mathematics & Algorithms (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica 8 adds major new areas, including probability and statistics, graphs and networks, computational finance, control systems, wavelet analysis, and group theory. ...

List (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

{e_1, e_2, ...} is a list of elements.

SetPrecision (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

SetPrecision[expr, p] yields a version of expr in which all numbers have been set to have precision p.

Symbol Handling (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica symbols are the ultimate atoms of symbolic data. Every symbol has a unique name, exists in a certain Mathematica context or namespace, and can have a variety of ...

Assuming (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Assuming[assum, expr] evaluates expr with assum appended to $Assumptions, so that assum is included in the default assumptions used by functions such as Refine, Simplify, and ...

Boole (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Boole[expr] yields 1 if expr is True and 0 if it is False.

Collect (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Collect[expr, x] collects together terms involving the same powers of objects matching x. Collect[expr, {x_1, x_2, ...}] collects together terms that involve the same powers ...

DensityPlot (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

DensityPlot[f, {x, x_min, x_max}, {y, y_min, y_max}] makes a density plot of f as a function of x and y.

MinStableDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

MinStableDistribution[\[Mu], \[Sigma], \[Xi]] represents a generalized minimum extreme value distribution with location parameter \[Mu], scale parameter \[Sigma], and shape ...

ArcCsc (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ArcCsc[z] gives the arc cosecant csc -1 (z) of the complex number z.