EndNETBlock (NETLink Symbol)

EndNETBlock[] and a preceding BeginNETBlock are equivalent to the NETBlock function, except that they work across a larger span than the evaluation of a single expression.

GetActiveCOMObject (NETLink Symbol)

GetActiveCOMObject[string] acquires an already-running COM object specified by string, which can be either a ProgID (such as "Excel.Application") or a CLSID (such as ...

Hierarchical Drawing of Directed Graphs (Mathematica Tutorial)

LayeredGraphPlot attempts to draw the vertices of a graph in a series of layers, placing dominant vertices at the top, and vertices lower in the hierarchy progressively ...

Controlling Infinite Evaluation (Mathematica Tutorial)

The general principle that Mathematica follows in evaluating expressions is to go on applying transformation rules until the expressions no longer change. This means, for ...

Biharmonic (Vector Analysis Package Symbol)

Biharmonic[f] gives the biharmonic, \[Del]^4 f, of the scalar function f in the default coordinate system. Biharmonic[f, coordsys] gives the biharmonic of f in the coordinate ...

WaveletImagePlot (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

WaveletImagePlot[dwd] plots the basis tree of wavelet image coefficients in the DiscreteWaveletData dwd.WaveletImagePlot[dwd, r] plots coefficients up to refinement level ...

Newton's Method (Mathematica Tutorial)

Newton's method for nonlinear equations is based on a linear approximation so the Newton step is found simply by setting M_k(p)=0, Near a root of the equations, Newton's ...

The Structure of Graphics (Mathematica Tutorial)

"Graphics and Sound" discusses how to use functions like Plot and ListPlot to plot graphs of functions and data. This tutorial discusses how Mathematica represents such ...

Black-Body Radiation Package (Black Body Radiation Package Tutorial)

A body that absorbs all radiation incident on it is called an ideal black body. This package provides functions giving the basic properties of black-body radiation at a ...

ListVectorPlot3D (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ListVectorPlot3D[array] generates a 3D vector plot from a 3D array of vector field values.ListVectorPlot3D[{{{x_1, y_1, z_1}, {vx_1, vy_1, vz_1}}, ...}] generates a 3D vector ...