Questions tagged [mathematica]
For questions concerning the popular computational software program published by Wolfram Research. (Note: you are more likely to get quicker and more accurate response if you ask the question on their user forum or on the Mathematica Stack Exchange site.)
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Is Sage on the same level as Mathematica or Matlab for graph theory and graph visualization?
The context:
I'm going to start working on a project that involves running predefined algorithms (and defining my own) for very big graphs (thousands of nodes). Visualization would also be welcome if ...
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Do we really know the reliability of PrimeQ[n] (for $n>10^{16}$)?
The algorithm Mathematica uses for its PrimeQ function is described on MathWorld. That web page says PrimeQ uses, "the multiple ...
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LaTeX/TeX Vs. Mathematica for Typesetting [closed]
I know Mathematica like the back of my hand, but I do not know a speck of $\LaTeX$ or $\TeX$. With regard to mathematical typesetting, is there something significant I can do in $\LaTeX$/$\TeX$ that I ...
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The positive root of the transcendental equation $\ln x-\sqrt{x-1}+1=0$
I numerically solved the transcendental equation
$$\ln x-\sqrt{x-1}+1=0$$
and obtained an approximate value of its positive real root $$x \approx 14.498719188878466465738532142574796767250306535...$$
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Traditional axes in 3d Mathematica plots?
Is there any way to tell Mathematica 7 to use "traditional" axes rather than boxing a three-dimensional graph? That is, rather than the default view produced by
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Determine if $x^3+y^3+z^3+t^3 = 10^{2021}$ has a solution
I want to know if the equation $x^3+y^3+z^3+t^3=10^{2021}$ has distinct positive integer solutions
PowersRepresentations[10^2021, 4, 3]
return
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A limit question (JEE $2014$)
The following is a JEE (A national level entrance test) question:
Find the largest value of the non-negative integer ( a ) for which:
$$ \displaystyle \lim_{x \to 1} \left( \dfrac{-ax + \sin(x-1) + ...
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How can I calculate the centroid of polygon?
What is the way to calculate the centroid of polygon? I have a concave polygon of 16 points, and I want know the centroid of that.
thanks
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How do I convert the distance between two lat/long points into feet/meters?
I've been reading around the net and everything I find is really confusing. I just need a formula that will get me 95% there. I have a tool that outputs the distance between two lat/long points.
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Drawing heart in mathematica
It's not really a typical math question. Today, while studying graphs, I suddenly got inquisitive about whether there exists a function that could possibly draw a heart-shaped graph. Out of sheer ...
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How to plot vectors in Mathematica
I am trying to plot vectors in mathematica, some 2d and some 3d.
Is there a way to do this?
I Need the coordinate axes and an arrow head on a line basically.
Thanks,
Blake
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Exploring Mathematica as a High School Student
I am a high school student and I am receiving a free one-year subscription for Wolfram Mathematica as a prize from USAMTS. How can I make the most of this one year with software that I have heard is ...
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Twilight Zelda Guardian Puzzle : Shortest Path (UPDATE: ADDED RULES)
I'm playing a video game right now and in it is a puzzle (see here). There are solutions to solving it (see here) on the Internet, but I'd like to know if this path is the shortest path (least amount ...
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Does $\frac{1}{1-e^{-\frac{1}{e^x}}} - e^x - \frac{1}{2} $ really explode with oscillatory behavior past $x = 15$?
I was looking at the function
$$ \frac{1}{1-e^{-\frac{1}{e^x}}}-e^x - \frac{1}{2}$$
I thought I had reason to believe this tends to 0 as $x$ tends to positive infinity because
$$ \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} ...
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Finding good approximation for $x^{1/2.4}$
I would like to a good (8 bits accuracy) approximation for $x^{1/2.4}$ in the range $[0, 1]$. This transform is used for converting linear intensities to SRGB compressed values, so it's important that ...
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