Specifying Derivatives (Mathematica Tutorial)

The function FindRoot has a Jacobian option; the functions FindMinimum, FindMaximum, and FindFit have a Gradient option; and the "Newton" method has a method option Hessian. ...

FinancialDerivative (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FinancialDerivative[instrument, params, ambientparams] gives the value of the specified financial instrument.FinancialDerivative[instrument, params, ambientparams, prop] ...

Plot3D (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Plot3D[f, {x, x_min, x_max}, {y, y_min, y_max}] generates a three-dimensional plot of f as a function of x and y. Plot3D[{f_1, f_2, ...}, {x, x_min, x_max}, {y, y_min, ...

RegionPlot (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

RegionPlot[pred, {x, x_min, x_max}, {y, y_min, y_max}] makes a plot showing the region in which pred is True.

Series (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Series[f, {x, x_0, n}] generates a power series expansion for f about the point x = x_0 to order (x - x_0) n. Series[f, {x, x_0, n_x}, {y, y_0, n_y}, ...] successively finds ...

SmoothHistogram (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

SmoothHistogram[{x_1, x_2, ...}] plots a smooth kernel histogram of the values x_i.SmoothHistogram[{x_1, x_2, ...}, espec] plots a smooth kernel histogram with estimator ...

Statistical Model Analysis (Mathematica Tutorial)

When fitting models to data, it is often useful to analyze how well the model fits the data and how well the fitting meets the assumptions of the model. For a number of ...

$CCompilerDefaultDirectory (C Compiler Driver Package Symbol)

$CCompilerDefaultDirectory returns the default location for creating output.

The Wolfram Lightweight Grid Client (Lightweight Grid Client Guide)

The Wolfram Lightweight Grid is a system for launching and managing remote Mathematica kernels, a key element of a Mathematica^® grid computing environment.

ClosedKernel (Lightweight Grid Client Symbol)

ClosedKernel["linkname"] represents a Lightweight Grid kernel that was successfully closed.