New in 8.0: Mathematics & Algorithms (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica 8 adds major new areas, including probability and statistics, graphs and networks, computational finance, control systems, wavelet analysis, and group theory. ...

MathML (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

MIME type: text/mathml, application/mathml+xml MathML mathematical markup language. Used for integrating mathematical formulas in web documents. Rendering of embedded MathML ...

PDF (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

MIME type: application/pdf Adobe Acrobat format. Standard format for exchanging and archiving multi-page documents. PDF is an acronym for Portable Document Format. Binary ...

Annuity (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Annuity[p, t] represents an annuity of fixed payments p made over t periods.Annuity[p, t, q] represents a series of payments occurring at time intervals q.Annuity[{p, ...

GaussianMatrix (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

GaussianMatrix[r] gives a matrix that corresponds to a Gaussian kernel of radius r. GaussianMatrix[{r, \[Sigma]}] gives a matrix corresponding to a Gaussian kernel with ...

Indeterminate (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Indeterminate is a symbol that represents a numerical quantity whose magnitude cannot be determined.

LandauDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

LandauDistribution[\[Mu], \[Sigma]] represents a Landau distribution with location parameter \[Mu] and scale parameter \[Sigma].

LegendreP (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

LegendreP[n, x] gives the Legendre polynomial P_n (x). LegendreP[n, m, x] gives the associated Legendre polynomial P_n^m(x).

MapIndexed (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

MapIndexed[f, expr] applies f to the elements of expr, giving the part specification of each element as a second argument to f. MapIndexed[f, expr, levelspec] applies f to ...

Map (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Map[f, expr] or f /@ expr applies f to each element on the first level in expr. Map[f, expr, levelspec] applies f to parts of expr specified by levelspec.