MathLink is a suite of Mathematica functions that implement a protocol for the communication/interfacing of Mathematica with external programs.
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Minimal effort method for integrating C++ functions into Mathematica
As of Mathematica 8, what is the minimal effort way to integrate an existing C++ function into Mathematica?
I think we have these:
MathLink (it was quite long ago I used it last time)
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Calling IronPython code from Mathematica
I'd like to call some IronPython code from Mathematica using .NET/Link.
The problem is that the code lives in .py files, yet from Mathematica I can only load .NET assemblies which are DLLs.
So it ...
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Efficiently determining if 3D points are within a surface composed of polygons
This is the 2nd part of a previous question which I edited to make into 2 separate questions: Extracting polygons from 3D contour plot surface
As an extension of my earlier question involving simple ...
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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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How to use Mathematica functions in Python programs?
I'd like to know how can I call Mathematica functions from Python.
I appreciate a example, for example, using the Mathematica function Prime.
I had search about MathLink but how to use it in Python ...
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using MathLink for communication with external program from my C program without Mathematica
I have a compiled program with MathLink.
I want to use it from other C program, without Mathematica being involved at all.
If i create my program with MathLink and connect to this external program, ...
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MathLink C API: sending a List[] of so far unknown length
I would like to send a set of Mathematica expressions (i.e. not simple types that are easy to represent and temporarily store in C) in a List using the MathLink C ...
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Is it possible to use C# LINQ from Mathematica using .NET/Link?
Using Mathematica's .NET/Link (NETLink`) package, is it possible to call out to .NET's LINQ facilities for list manipulation and other operations?
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How to run mathlink external commands in parallel?
I have an external function called increment (for the sake of illustration) that I call from Mathematica using MathLink. I.e.,
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Connecting to and disconnecting from a continuously running kernel, on demand
I realized that there are lots of advantages to driving C/C++/FORTRAN code directly from Mathematica as LibraryLink functions (instead of running them from the command line or a shell script, as I ...
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How can I connect Mathematica to Clojure?
I'm using Clojure and I'd really love to be able to use some of Mathematica's functions inside it. Can anyone help with mathlinking it?
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Correct way to handle mysterious NaN` result from MathLink function
I have a Mathematica expression that is mapped onto an external C function via MathLink. The external function passes a ...
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How to protect existing MathLink connection from disconnecting
I am developing an application that consists of a Mathematica package and an external Java program. The purpose of the application is to read streamed data from a port and update a variable in the ...
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Write C/C++ programs calling Mathematica functions
I need to write a C/C++ program and call some functions in Mathematica especially those like Solve or NDSolve. The problem is ...
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Specifying the ports used by LinkCreate or LinkLaunch
Whenever a Link is created using LinkCreate or LinkLaunch with ...
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Using Mathlink with the cernlib FORTRAN package MINUIT
I could successfully use Mathlink to call a simple fortran subroutine. However, when I went to a realistic problem, I failed.
To be specific, I want to fit a set of data with some function using the ...
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Suppress Mathematica Kernel taskbar tab when using .NETLink
Is there a possibility to suppress the Mathematica Kernel taskbar tab when accessing it through .NETLink on Windows?
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Can you call a C function that takes function pointers as arguments?
I want to use MathLink to call a function I wrote in C. However, similar to an integrator, it takes a function pointer as an argument and applies it on numbers depending on the other arguments. I ...
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MathLink and C++ vector container
The Problem.
I have a C++ class that does some computations, and returns a C++ vector object (the length of which can possibly vary with each run).
I want to store each of these vectors as a list in ...
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Using LinkSnooper for monitoring the communication with an installable MathLink program
How can I monitor the communication between an installable MathLink program and the kernel? Can LinkSnooper do this?
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Is it possible to set a timeout for LinkWrite[]?
This came up in relation to this answer
Is it possible to set a timeout for LinkWrite? LinkWrite seems to block until the sent ...
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Mathematica Library Link : How to use non standard 'mint' e.g. 'unsigned int' or 'long long int'
I use Mathematica 8.0.4 on Mac OSX 64 bit, and gcc as C compiler.
I am trying to write a LibraryLink function that deals with large positive integers i.e. greater than $2^{31}-1$. By dealing with, I ...
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Mathematica + Numerical Recipes
the idea of combining Mathematica with the new routines in the 3rd edition of Numerical Recipes (NR) is very interesting. In fact, there is a NR library to Matlab which works very well because not ...
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How to write a MathLink function in C that returns nothing
What is the proper way to write a C MathLink function that returns nothing at all?
The following works, but I'm not sure if all this work is actually necessary:
The template file:
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Running .NET/Link on Mono (On MacOS or any UNIX or Linux Distro)
Has anyone have any luck running .NET/Link on Mono?
When I run .NET/Link to call Mathematica from within a Mono program, this is the error message I receive.
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$CurrentLink passing down in MathLink SetDelayed functions
I would like to utilize the MathLink option of having each Install of my package result in a linking object which I can use to control when and how certain elements ...
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What is the complete list of valid FrontEnd Packet types?
In response to my question How can I get the unchanged Box form of an arbitrary expression? John Fultz answered with a method using the hilariously named ...
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Using NETLink.MathKernel.Compute() for graphics results fails with GraphPlot[]
I'm using MMA 8.0 to provide backend on a .NET application I'm writing. I am trying to use the high-level Wolfram.NETLink.MathKernel interface to export an image ...
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Socket communication and player pro
I'd like to create a simple communication channel between MMA and the animation package 'Maya'. This is possible over sockets ( very simple, just sending and receiving strings). I've got this working ...
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Compiling 64bit MathLink code under cygwin on Windows 7
I am aware that building MathLink executables is not without its challenges.
However, I am trying to compile the MathLink example 'addtwo' from a makefile within cygwin on a 64 bit Windows 7 machine.
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Using a user defined Mathematica package with MathLink
I'm trying to create a Java program that uses some methods from a mathematica package I've defined. When I run my java program though the output of the program acts as though the Mathematica methods ...
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Type conversion: LibraryLink mint vs. MathLink integer type
Assume the following situation: I have a WolframLibrary function which gets as parameter an integer tensor (which is for simplicity of rank 1) and the function should return an integer list through ...
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Is the communication protocol underlying MathLink user-customizable?
MathLink supports two communication protocols on all platforms: TCPIP or shared memory. There are additional protocols supported on some systems only ("FileMap" and "Pipes" according to the docs).
I ...
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Passing back “NaN`” and “Inf`” to C via MathLink
In the "usual" double representation of floating point numbers in C there is a NaN and an ...
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How do you get high resolution plots in applications using the Mathematica MathService?
This is for Mac users only using MathService (MathService it seems, given that it was created back in 2004, is a power pc code and requires Rosetta to run on Intel).
If I type a plot command in ...
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How to run an external program in parallel with a Mathematica package?
Under Mathematica 8 (Linux x84_64) I was able to run an external program in parallel from a Mathematica package. However this procedure breaks down under Mathematica 9.
Within my Mathematica package ...
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Using Mathematica as a data visualization front end for .Net applications?
I have a C# application that has 3-dimensional data that I wish to plot. Controls in C# for surface modeling are, in my experience, rather limited. I wish to have my C# application send the 3D point ...
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How to install a mathlink executable on a remote platform running a different OS? [closed]
I have a local machine running MacOS (four 64-bit CPU cores), and a remote machine running Linux (two 32-bit CPU cores), and I can install and run commands from the respective (architecture-dependent) ...
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Accessing methods and properties of C++ objects?
Is it possible to access the properties or methods of C++ objects created with LibraryLink or MathLink like with J/Link ? Such capability doesn't seem built-in yet and I'm not sure it ever will as ...
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Throwing away all expression on a loopback link
What is the simplest way to throw away all expressions waiting to be read on a loopback link, effectively resetting the link?
I am building an expression on a loopback link using the C MathLink ...
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Why do Mathematica and MathKernel need “incoming connections”?
My firewall (the "Application Firewall" in OS X 10.8.2) detects that Mathematica (9.0.1.0) and "MathKernel" both request incoming connections. My configuration expects all incoming connections to be ...
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Using “Raw MathLink Connections” to create a “Kernel Object”
Mathematica 8.0.0:
I am stuck trying to get a Mathematica Mathlink connection from my Windows computer working that should connects to Linux over network (or vice versa) and then launches a Kernel on ...
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At what point should MLSetMessageHandler() be called?
I have an Installable MathLink program written in C. I would like to use a custom message handler. At which point in the C source code should I call ...
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How can I link the c library GAUL into Mathematica?
Is there a way to load the library GAUL (Genetic Algorithm Utility Library) for use within Mathematica?
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Mathlink and Parallelization [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to run mathlink external commands in parallel?
Abstract
I have a binary file compiled to work with MathLink. I can install the file and run the component functions ...
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Where do I get the mdefs.h file?
I want to generate some C code, and the reference here says that Mathematica comes with a mdefs.h file, but I cannot find it. Is there a place where I can download ...
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MathLink compile errors
Don't you just love it when your computer is working fine, you work with some good examples, everything is wonderful and your relationship with your computer is the best? I do. But what happens when ...
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Mathlink and multithreading
In order to make my computations faster I have developed a C/C++ application calling Mathematica kernel and performing many operations using Mathematica functions for equation solving.
Now I want to ...
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Handing a list of constraint expressions to a C++ function with MathLink
I need to solve an optimization problem, which is defined in a Mathematica notebook.
Using Mathematica's FindMinimum is not an option, because it is too slow. So, ...
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Cannot call custom function loaded from script using C/C++ MathLink
I am using MathLink with C/C++ on a Unix system in order to call a Mathematica (version 9) function and get the result.
The function I need to call is a personal function of mine ...
