Files and pipes are both examples of general Mathematica objects known as streams. A stream in Mathematica is a source of input or output. There are many operations that you ...

Mathematica supports using joysticks, gamepads, 3D mice, and all other controller devices that follow the HID specification. In fact, in many cases, there is zero setup ...

Representations of real intervals. This represents all numbers between -2 and +5. The square of any number between -2 and +5 is always between 0 and 25.

Building large software systems in Mathematica should follow the general principles that apply to building any large software system. The details may be unique to Mathematica ...

$MaxExtraPrecision gives the maximum number of extra digits of precision to be used in functions such as N.

 

Typesetting opens a submenu of common typesetting actions.

ExpGammaDistribution[\[Kappa], \[Theta], \[Mu]] represents an exp-gamma distribution with shape parameter \[Kappa], scale parameter \[Theta], and location parameter \[Mu].

Real is the head used for real (floating-point) numbers.

Mathematica includes a variety of non-printing characters, some used to fine-tune layout, and others used to define precise syntactic interpretations while maintaining the ...