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Why my Mathematica 9.0.1 wont work with some samples of Mathematica in Graph Theory?
I updated my Mathematica recently to 9.0.1 cause the previous version was giving me freaky result especially in FindMinimumCostFlow and ...
4
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2answers
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Why is this parallel evaluation with Dispatch[] so slow?
Can you efficiently parallelize this? The parallel versions are much slower than the sequential version, and I'm not sure why. Does SetSharedVariable allow ...
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1answer
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Transferring a large amount of data in parallel calculations
This question is inspired by one of @whuber's answers
Consider the following code:
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1answer
283 views
FourierSeries for rational function looks wrong
I have the following code:
ser[x_] = FourierSeries[(\[Pi]^2 + a)/(3 x^2 + a), x, 10] // N // Chop
It gives me some series, which I then try to plot. And ...
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2answers
408 views
Variable naming changes everything
I am having a rather unusual problem I do not understand with Mathematica where renaming one of the variables of my function causes the function to stop "working". Here is the example of the code ...
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1answer
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Importing images from the web using ImportString & URLFetch
I can bring images from the web using the Import command like this:
Import["http://blog.wolfram.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/se-30.jpg"]
Sometimes the web ...
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Compile not correctly initializing a variable defined inside Module
In the following example, inside the minimumX's Module, x is initialized to 1, but the ...
10
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1answer
214 views
Why can't I change the value of MaxRecursion in NIntegrate when integrating BesselJ?
I am trying to evaluate this integral numerically
$$
\int_0^{\infty } J_0(q R) \tanh(q) \, \mathrm{d}q
$$
for large values of $R$. This makes the integrand oscillate more quickly and Mathematica ...
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4answers
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4
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1answer
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RSolve gives a Context::ssle error
I want to solve the following recurrence equation
RSolve[{(k + 2) c[k + 2] q^(k + 1) - c[k] == 0}, c[k], k]
During calculation in Mathematica I get this ...
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1answer
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5
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1answer
101 views
Error invoking Information on functions containing Legended
In adapting some plotting functions to utilize the PlotLegends option of version 9, I came across the following errors:
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4
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2answers
112 views
Strange behavior of Integrate
I'm trying to calculate the following integral using Mathematica 9.0.1.0
a11=Integrate[Abs[Sin[b+x]],{x,0,2*\[Pi]}]
This should be a simple problem; however, it ...
5
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1answer
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LogPlot axes labels destroyed when working in high precision
(I'm using Mathematica 8.)
I have a Taylor series:
poly = Normal[Series[E^x, {x, 0, 10}]]
I want to produce a log-linear plot of the error. This is easy enough ...
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2answers
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Is there something wrong with VertexConnectivity
As I noticed in the documentation VertexConnectivity is defined as the following
The vertex connectivity of a graph $g$ is the smallest number of vertices whose ...
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0answers
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Problem when merging cells including commentary
This is a more of a problem report than a question.
When merging the two cells
Cell1:
foo
(*foobar*)
bar
and Cell2:
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8
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2answers
134 views
Problem with NIntegrate when WorkingPrecision is specified
I am trying to evaluate this integral numerically:
$$
\int_0^{\infty } m \exp (-m) J_1(m){}^2 \, dm
$$
Everything is OK when only the integration method is specified:
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4
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0answers
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Incompleteness of FindInstance
I've been playing around with Resolve and FindInstance. I know that Resolve should always ...
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0answers
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Derivatives of list elements
Could someone explain the odd behavior of the Derivative function when drawing arguments from lists? We have,
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0answers
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Compiled function crashes kernel when trying to list over different length arguments
I'm trying to speed up a tally/binning operation that I have to run many times.
I have many lists of between 1 and 10 numbers from the range [1,5] and I want to ...
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Why does Mathematica give an incorrect answer to this multiple integral?
This is not a new problem but I would like to understand why Mathematica gives the result that it does. (Volume of a hypersphere)
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1answer
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Upon PDF export, edgeless rectangles do not tile perfectly, and corners may be cut. Is this a bug?
Exporting the following as a PDF file
Graphics[{
{Red, Rectangle[{0, 0}, {1, 1}]},
{Green, Rectangle[{1, 0}, {2, 1}]}
}]
does not produce perfectly tiled ...
7
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1answer
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ToNumberField won't recognize Root[…] as explicit algebraic number
In Mathematica 9.0.1, it appears that ToNumberField will not always recognize a Root object as an explicit algebraic number.
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3
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0answers
124 views
Cannot save file
Hello I have a problem in saving files in Mathematica. I can't save not only notebooks but also figures. When I choose to save the notebook it open a window that says:
Mathematica could not find ...
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2answers
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4
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0answers
115 views
Strange result from evaluating a Limit expression
When I evaluate the limit of (1-Cos[x]) Sin[1/x] at x = 0 in Mathematica 9, I obtained ...
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Help bogged down at first query
When I open help at the first time in a mathematica session and I submit a query it always get bogged down for many seconds until a message appears as in the picture. Then I select continue waiting, I ...
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3answers
385 views
No warning when extrapolating with Plot
One of the most annoying "features" of Mathematica is that the Plot family does extrapolation on InterpolatingFunctions without ...
14
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1answer
214 views
Why does LogLinearPlot sample its argument outside the specified domain?
I experience a weird bug in the function LogLinearPlot. If the input is an interpolation function, such as the one created like this,
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7
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1answer
69 views
Crash with subsetting TemporalData
The first line gets a single sample path for an M/M/1 queue for time between 0 and 100. No problem, I can plot it, etc.
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1answer
395 views
Unique[] symbol not properly tracked
In a nutshell, why does this work (change y and see how the value updates)
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2
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1answer
146 views
Misaligned DensityHistogram, DistributionAxes & PlotRange
data = RandomReal[NormalDistribution[0.5, 0.1], {10000, 2}];
DensityHistogram[data, PlotRange -> 1, Method -> {"DistributionAxes" -> "Histogram"}]
The ...
11
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1answer
449 views
How to work around Mathematica hanging when showing a large SparseArray?
Note: This is fixed in 9.0.1.
In Mathematica 9, if I display any large SparseArray object in the default way (which looks something like ...
9
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2answers
134 views
SaveDefinitions->True changes the displayed image
I have a Manipulate[ ] that displays an image with a superimposed Locator object. It works fine when I have ...
3
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1answer
98 views
Something wrong with RectangleChart and Tooltip?
Currently I'm working on a diagram showing the merit order of power plants in the Netherlands. On the horizontal axes you see the cumulative power and on the vertical axes you see the costs per MWh. ...
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0answers
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Mathematica 7: “LessEqual::nord:” error when using NMinimize on a real function
I encounter a problem (Mathematica 7) similar to Strategies to avoid LessEqual::nord in NMinimize? but the advised strategies don't work for me. Also, I get different results with different ...
3
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2answers
49 views
CommunityGraphPlot doesn't size
When I need to plot a 'large' graph with CommunityGraphPlot the output is always sized at the Mathematica default value. The Graph object itself can be resized with ImageSize option. However that ...
7
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3answers
247 views
Radon function result's repeatability
I want to get a Hough transform of some edged image.
When I compare the same transformation on the same image I got different results.
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18
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2answers
753 views
Debugging memory leaks
I've written my incredibly complex, incredibly elegant analysis function, that works great on small test data. But when I run it on my real (bigger) data set it keeps running out of memory. It turns ...
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1answer
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BarChart and Log Scale results in different bar origins
I want to create a bar chart from two different data sets.
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2
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2answers
171 views
Weird NDSolve behavior with Piecewise (MMA9)
NDSolve in Mathematica 9.0.0 (MacOS) is behaving strangely with a piecewise right hand side. The following code (a simplified version of my real problem):
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5
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2answers
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Exporting a .xlsx file with about 500 columns
When I want to Export["text.xlsx", data] where data is a matrix with 500 columns and 10000 rows, I get the error message:
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2
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3answers
147 views
ParametricPlot and PlotLegends don't seem to cooperate
I noted that only part of the legend shows up in ParametricPlot using v9's PlotLegends:
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Is this a bug in ListPicker?
I use Mathematica v9.0.1 Home Edition. I recently modified some code to take advantage of the ListPicker Manipulate control (new ...
3
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1answer
127 views
Sum of positive terms gives negative answer
Mathematica evaluates Sum[((n - y - 1)*(n - y)^2*n^y)/y!, {y, 0, n - 2}] as -2 e^n n. This should not be a negative value. ...
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2answers
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Why doesn't my script work when I redirect stdout?
I'm using Mathematica Home Edition 9.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.8.2.
I have this script:
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3answers
151 views
“Stacked” BarChart with BarOrigin $\to$ Top makes y-tick marks negative
When BarChart layout is "Stacked", setting BarOrigin -> Top makes the y-axis tick marks ...
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2answers
516 views
Strange ::usage behavior in v9
Note: This is fixed in 9.0.1.
Something has gone wrong with usage in Mathematica 9. Would someone tell me how to fix it?
I define a function ...
3
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0answers
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Unexpected result when reading Cell with comment-lines by NotebookRead
When considering this question about re-formatting Cell (also this one), I encountered an issue which confuses me. I'll let the code itself speak:
Consider the ...
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1answer
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FindInstance returns Indeterminate in version 9, but not in 8
Here is a trivial system of equations in three unknowns for which FindInstance obtains a solution:
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