DirectedInfinity (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

DirectedInfinity[] represents an infinite numerical quantity whose direction in the complex plane is unknown. DirectedInfinity[z] represents an infinite numerical quantity ...

Sum (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Sum[f, {i, i_max}] evaluates the sum \[Sum]i = 1 i_max f. Sum[f, {i, i_min, i_max}] starts with i = i_min. Sum[f, {i, i_min, i_max, di}] uses steps d i. Sum[f, {i, {i_1, i_2, ...

Sparse Arrays (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica has special sparse-array technology for efficiently handling arrays with literally astronomical numbers of elements when only a small fraction of the elements are ...

$Path (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$Path gives the default list of directories to search in attempting to find an external file.

Setting Up Hyperlinks (Mathematica Tutorial)

Methods for generating hyperlinks. A hyperlink is a special kind of button which jumps to another part of a notebook when it is pressed. Typically hyperlinks are indicated in ...

Numerical Solution of Boundary Value ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

The shooting method works by considering the boundary conditions as a multivariate function of initial conditions at some point, reducing the boundary value problem to ...

ExponentialPowerDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ExponentialPowerDistribution[\[Kappa], \[Mu], \[Sigma]] represents an exponential power distribution with shape parameter \[Kappa], location parameter \[Mu], and scale ...

Darker (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Darker[color] represents a darker version of the specified color. Darker[color, f] represents a version of the specified color darkened by a fraction f. Darker[image, ...] ...

Lighter (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Lighter[color] represents a lighter version of the specified color. Lighter[color, f] represents a version of the specified color lightened by a fraction f. Lighter[image, ...

The Option Inspector (Mathematica Tutorial)

Many aspects of the Mathematica front end such as the styles of cells, the appearance of notebooks, or the parameters used in typesetting are controlled by options. For ...