New in 6.0: Mathematical Functions (Mathematica Guide)

Numeric Quantities (Mathematica Tutorial)

Testing for numeric quantities. Pi is a symbol, so Pi+3 is not explicitly a number. It does however have a numerical value.

Memory Measurement & Optimization (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematical Typesetting (Mathematica Guide)

Developed at Wolfram Research over nearly twenty years, Mathematica has by far the world's most sophisticated and convenient mathematical typesetting technology. Generalizing ...

Fibonacci (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Fibonacci[n] gives the Fibonacci number F_n. Fibonacci[n, x] gives the Fibonacci polynomial F_n (x).

EulerE (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

EulerE[n] gives the Euler number E_n. EulerE[n, x] gives the Euler polynomial E_n (x).

NorlundB (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

NorlundB[n, a] gives Nørlund polynomials B_n^(a) of degree n in a.NorlundB[n, a, x] gives generalized Bernoulli polynomials B_n^(a)(x).

Chop (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Chop[expr] replaces approximate real numbers in expr that are close to zero by the exact integer 0.

NumericQ (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

NumericQ[expr] gives True if expr is a numeric quantity, and False otherwise.

ArcCoth (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ArcCoth[z] gives the inverse hyperbolic cotangent coth -1 (z) of the complex number z.