TabSpacings (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

TabSpacings is an option for character selections that specifies the number of spaces in ems that the cursor advances when the Tab key is pressed.

Constrained Optimization in ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

[1] Mehrotra, S. "On the Implementation of a Primal-Dual Interior Point Method." SIAM Journal on Optimization 2 (1992): 575–601. [2] Nelder, J.A. and R. Mead. "A Simplex ...

Straight Integration (Mathematica Tutorial)

This equation is solved by simply integrating the right-hand side with respect to x. Here is a plot of the integral curves for different values of the arbitrary constant C[1].

FindRoot (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FindRoot[f, {x, x_0}] searches for a numerical root of f, starting from the point x = x_0.FindRoot[lhs == rhs, {x, x_0}] searches for a numerical solution to the equation lhs ...

Numerical Nonlinear Local Optimization (Mathematica Tutorial)

Numerical algorithms for constrained nonlinear optimization can be broadly categorized into gradient-based methods and direct search methods. Gradient search methods use ...

ParameterMixtureDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ParameterMixtureDistribution[dist[\[Theta]], \[Theta] \[Distributed] wdist] represents a parameter mixture distribution where the parameter \[Theta] is distributed according ...

Introduction to Step Control (Mathematica Tutorial)

Even with "Newton methods" where the local model is based on the actual Hessian, unless you are close to a root or minimum, the model step may not bring you any closer to the ...

ComplexExpand (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ComplexExpand[expr] expands expr assuming that all variables are real. ComplexExpand[expr, {x_1, x_2, ...}] expands expr assuming that variables matching any of the x_i are ...

GCD (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

GCD[n_1, n_2, ...] gives the greatest common divisor of the n_i.

Access to the Java Object Layer (GUIKit Package Tutorial)

The GUIKit framework provides Mathematica functions, such as PropertyValue[{" StyleBox["widgetName", "TI"]"," StyleBox["propertyName", "TI"]"}], for accessing state ...