Mathematica stands out from traditional computer languages in supporting many programming paradigms. Procedural programming is the only paradigm available in languages like C ...

In Mathematica's standard notebook interface, you are directly giving input and getting output every time you press Shift+Enter. Although much more rarely needed than in more ...

Traditional procedural programming languages typically require programmers to define an explicit "flow of control" at every stage in their programs. Mathematica provides ...

Mathematica has flexible capabilities for per-machine or network license management.

Ceiling[x] gives the smallest integer greater than or equal to x. Ceiling[x, a] gives the smallest multiple of a greater than or equal to x.

lhs = rhs evaluates rhs and assigns the result to be the value of lhs. From then on, lhs is replaced by rhs whenever it appears. {l_1, l_2, ...} = {r_1, r_2, ...} evaluates ...

The single function Manipulate gives immediate access to a huge range of powerful interactive capabilities. For any expression with symbolic parameters, Manipulate ...

BooleanConvert[expr] converts the Boolean expression expr to disjunctive normal form.BooleanConvert[expr, form] converts the Boolean expression expr to the specified ...

 

Mathematica's symbolic architecture immediately defines a serializable representation for any Mathematica data or program—which can then readily be stored in a file.