BezierCurve (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

BezierCurve[{pt_1, pt_2, ...}] is a graphics primitive that represents a Bézier curve with control points pt_i.

Principal Axis Method (Mathematica Tutorial)

"Gauss–Newton" and "conjugate gradient" methods use derivatives. When Mathematica cannot compute symbolic derivatives, finite differences will be used. Computing derivatives ...

KSetPartitions (Combinatorica Package Symbol)

KSetPartitions[set, k] returns the list of set partitions of set with k blocks. KSetPartitions[n, k] returns the list of set partitions of {1, 2, ..., n} with k blocks. If ...

NMaxValue (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

NMaxValue[f, x] gives the maximum value of f with respect to x.NMaxValue[f, {x, y, ...}] gives the maximum value of f with respect to x, y, .... NMaxValue[{f, cons}, {x, y, ...

NMinValue (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

NMinValue[f, x] gives the minimum value of f with respect to x.NMinValue[f, {x, y, ...}] gives the minimum value of f with respect to x, y, .... NMinValue[{f, cons}, {x, y, ...

PreserveImageOptions (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

PreserveImageOptions is an option to graphics and related functions that specifies whether image size and certain other options should be preserved from the previous version ...

Linear Higher-Order Equations with ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

A linear ODE with constant coefficients can be easily solved once the roots of the auxiliary equation (or characteristic equation) are known. Some examples of this type ...

Graphics`ArgColors` (Mathematica Compatibility Information)

ArgColor, ArgShade and ColorCircle are obsolete, with simple definitions in terms of system functions.

Heavy Tail Distributions (Mathematica Guide)

Heavy tail means that there is a larger probability of getting very large values. So heavy tail distributions typically represent wild as opposed to mild randomness. An ...

Rule (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

lhs -> rhs or lhs -> rhs represents a rule that transforms lhs to rhs.