MaxSteps (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

MaxSteps is an option to functions like NDSolve that specifies the maximum number of steps to take in generating a result.

PolynomialQuotientRemainder (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

PolynomialQuotientRemainder[p, q, x] gives a list of the quotient and remainder of p and q, treated as polynomials in x.

LineIntegralConvolutionPlot (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

LineIntegralConvolutionPlot[{{v_x, v_y}, image}, {x, x_min, x_max}, {y, y_min, y_max}] generates a line integral convolution plot of image convolved with the vector field ...

Efficiency (Compiled Function Tools Tutorial)

This section is designed to discuss how to make compiled functions run efficiently. It will cover features that make them run faster, as well as problems that can make them ...

FindMinimum (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FindMinimum[f, x] searches for a local minimum in f, starting from an automatically selected point.FindMinimum[f, {x, x_0}] searches for a local minimum in f, starting from ...

Throw (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Throw[value] stops evaluation and returns value as the value of the nearest enclosing Catch. Throw[value, tag] is caught only by Catch[expr, form] where form is a pattern ...

The Representation of Equations and ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica treats equations as logical statements. If you type in an equation like x^2+3x==2, Mathematica interprets this as a logical statement which asserts that x^2+3x is ...

NVariationalBound (Variational Methods Package Symbol)

NVariationalBound[f, u[x ], {x, x_min, x_max}, u_t, {a, a_0}, {b, b_0}, ...] numerically searches for values of the parameters a, b, ... of a trial function u_t, starting ...

Calling Subsidiary Mathematica Processes (Mathematica Tutorial)

Connecting to a subsidiary program via MathLink. This starts a subsidiary Mathematica process on the computer system used here. Here is a packet representing the first input ...

ListStreamDensityPlot (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ListStreamDensityPlot[array] generates a stream density plot from a 2D array of vector and scalar field values {{vx_ij, vy_ij}, s_ij}. ListStreamDensityPlot[{{{x_1, y_1}, ...