Polynomials over Algebraic Number Fields (Mathematica Tutorial)

Functions like Factor usually assume that all coefficients in the polynomials they produce must involve only rational numbers. But by setting the option Extension you can ...

$ControlActiveSetting (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$ControlActiveSetting is a symbol whose value is True if it is evaluated while a control is active, or in certain other previewing situations.

SystemsModelOrder (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

SystemsModelOrder[ss] gives the order of the StateSpaceModel object ss.

ParallelTable (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ParallelTable[expr, {i_max}] generates in parallel a list of i_max copies of expr.ParallelTable[expr, {i, i_max}] generates in parallel a list of the values of expr when i ...

SinhIntegral (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

SinhIntegral[z] gives the hyperbolic sine integral function Shi(z).

Basic Modeling (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica provides a very convenient and natural way to create and manipulate continuous- and discrete-time models of scalar and multivariable systems using data objects. ...

MixtureDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

MixtureDistribution[{w_1, ..., w_n}, {dist_1, ..., dist_n}] represents a mixture distribution whose CDF is given as a sum of the CDFs of the component distributions dist_i, ...

DifferenceRoot (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

DifferenceRoot[lde] represents a function that solves the linear difference equation specified by lde[a, n].

PNG (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

Registered MIME type: image/png PNG raster image format. Commonly used for graphics and photographic images on the web. PNG is an acronym for Portable Network Graphics. ...

Word Processing in Notebooks (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica includes many commands for word processing and formatting. You can set the following cell options from the Format menu: style, font, face, size, text color, ...