New in 8.0: Computable Data (Mathematica Guide)

In addition to the existing datasets that have been updated, Mathematica 8 now exposes the curated knowledge databases available from Wolfram|Alpha.

LinkClose (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

LinkClose[link] closes an open MathLink connection.

Calculus (Mathematica Overview)

Differentiation Total Derivatives Derivatives of Unknown Functions

Mathematics and Algorithms (Mathematica Overview)

"How to" Topics Numbers Algebraic Calculations

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NumberFieldClassNumber (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

NumberFieldClassNumber[\[Theta]] gives the class number for the algebraic number field \[DoubleStruckCapitalQ][\[Theta]] generated by \[Theta].

BrownForsytheTest (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

BrownForsytheTest[data] tests whether the variance of data is 1. BrownForsytheTest[{data_1, data_2}] tests whether the variances of data_1 and data_2 are ...

Norm (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Norm[expr] gives the norm of a number, vector or matrix. Norm[expr, p] gives the p-norm.

RemoteServicesAgents (Lightweight Grid Client Symbol)

RemoteServicesAgents[] returns a list of URLs for Lightweight Grid managers discovered on the local network.RemoteServicesAgents["agent"] returns a list of agent URLs known ...

Mathematica BSF Scripting Engine (GUIKit Package Tutorial)

You can use the Mathematica BSF engine that ships with the GUIKit` framework in third-party applications that support BSF. The naming conventions to note are that BSF uses ...