Mathematica provides systemwide support for a large number of special characters. Each character has a name and a number of shortcut aliases. They are fully supported by the ...

When you make a sequence of definitions in Mathematica, some may be more general than others. Mathematica follows the principle of trying to put more general definitions ...

Mathieu and related functions. The Mathieu functions MathieuC[a,q,z] and MathieuS[a,q,z] are solutions to the equation y^′′+[a-2qcos(2z)]y0. This equation appears in many ...

IncludeConstantBasis is an option for LinearModelFit and other fitting functions that specifies whether a constant term should be included if not explicitly given in the list ...

MeshFunctions is an option for plotting functions that specifies functions to use to determine the placement of mesh divisions.

When you make a function definition using :=, the value of the function is recomputed every time you ask for it. In some kinds of calculations, you may end up asking for the ...

DiagonalMatrix[list] gives a matrix with the elements of list on the leading diagonal, and 0 elsewhere. DiagonalMatrix[list, k] gives a matrix with the elements of list on ...

CrossingDetect[image] gives a binary image in which white pixels correspond to the zero crossings in image.CrossingDetect[image, delta] treats values in image that are ...

Typical ways to enter characters. All printable ASCII characters can be entered directly. Those that are not alphanumeric are assigned explicit names in Mathematica, allowing ...