Mathematica 6 introduced the revolutionary idea of symbolic dynamic interactivity. Mathematica 7 makes use of this idea throughout the system, and adds a number of additional ...

The central limit theorem asserts that means of independent, identically distributed variables will converge to a normal distribution provided they are light tailed enough. ...

Directly integrated into the Mathematica language is a convenient symbolic options mechanism that allows arbitrary sequences of named parameters to be given to both built-in ...

Mathematica provides state-of-the-art fully automated visualization of vector functions and data—suitable for representing flows, field lines and other vector fields of any ...

Mathematica can automatically create sophisticated web content, with cascading styles, templating and many options. Its symbolic architecture allows arbitrary web structures ...

Mathematica provides many mechanisms for interfacing with the web —from exporting graphics and structured active documents to interacting with web services, importing web ...

Show Expression toggles between the expression and display forms of a cell.

Mathematica options starts the full Mathematica system including notebook interface on Windows and Mac.

AbsoluteOptions[expr] gives the absolute settings of options specified in an expression such as a graphics object. AbsoluteOptions[expr, name] gives the absolute setting for ...

AbsoluteTiming[expr] evaluates expr, returning a list of the absolute number of seconds in real time that have elapsed, together with the result obtained.