How Modules Work (Mathematica Tutorial)

The way modules work in Mathematica is basically very simple. Every time any module is used, a new symbol is created to represent each of its local variables. The new symbol ...

Lighting and Surface Properties (Mathematica Tutorial)

With the default option setting Lighting->Automatic, Mathematica uses a simulated lighting model to determine how to color polygons in three-dimensional graphics. Mathematica ...

The Standard Evaluation Procedure (Mathematica Tutorial)

Here the standard procedure used by Mathematica to evaluate expressions is described. This procedure is the one followed for most kinds of expression. There are, however, ...

CPointerMember (SymbolicC Package Symbol)

CPointerMember[obj, mem] is a symbolic representation of access from a pointer to a struct.

MakeGraph (Combinatorica Package Symbol)

MakeGraph[v, f] constructs the graph whose vertices correspond to v and edges between pairs of vertices x and y in v for which the binary relation defined by the Boolean ...

Miscellaneous`Calendar` (Mathematica Compatibility Information)

All the functionality in Miscellaneous`Calendar` is now available through the newly created Calendar Package.

Utilities`Benchmark` (Mathematica Compatibility Information)

All of the functionality in Utilities`Benchmark` is now available through the newly created Benchmarking Package.

BoundedDiagram (Computational Geometry Package Symbol)

BoundedDiagram[{{a_1, b_1}, ...}, {{x_1, y_1}, ...}] yields the bounded Voronoi diagram of the points {x_1, y_1}, {x_2, y_2} ..., where the bound is the convex polygon formed ...

EconomizedRationalApproximation (Function Approximations Package Symbol)

EconomizedRationalApproximation[expr, {x, {x_0, x_1}, m, n}] gives the economized rational approximation to expr that is good over the interval x_0 to x_1, with numerator ...

Scale (Numerical Calculus Package Symbol)

Scale is an option to NLimit and ND that specifies the scale at which variations are expected.