NSolve gives you a general way to find numerical approximations to the solutions of polynomial equations. Finding numerical solutions to more general equations, however, can ...

$MaxPiecewiseCases gives the maximum number of cases to allow in explicit Piecewise objects generated by expanding any single piecewise function.

Message[symbol::tag] prints the message symbol::tag unless it has been switched off. Message[symbol::tag, e_1, e_2, ...] prints a message, inserting the values of the e_i as ...

Integrated into the Mathematica system are powerful functions for analyzing large volumes of discrete and integer data—often conveniently specified using Mathematica's ...

RevolutionPlot3D[f_z, {t, t_min, t_max}] generates a plot of the surface of revolution with height f_z at radius t.RevolutionPlot3D[f_z, {t, t_min, t_max}, {\[Theta], ...

Mathematica 6.0 represented a major new level in Mathematica's distinguished twenty-year history of broad cutting-edge algorithm development. Mathematica's unified ...

LinearSolveFunction[dimensions, data] represents a function for providing solutions to a matrix equation.

BatesDistribution[n] represents the distribution of a mean of n random variables uniformly distributed from 0 to 1.BatesDistribution[n, {min, max}] represents the ...

FindArgMax[f, x] gives the position x_max of a local maximum of f.FindArgMax[f, {x, x_0}] gives the position x_max of a local maximum of f, found by a search starting from ...

Mathieu and related functions. The Mathieu functions MathieuC[a,q,z] and MathieuS[a,q,z] are solutions to the equation y^′′+[a-2qcos(2z)]y0. This equation appears in many ...