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Using several anonymous functions mixed together

This works: list // BarChart[#[[2]], ChartLabels -> DateString @@@ #[[1]], ChartStyle -> "Pastel"] & This doesn't: ...
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What are Root objects with multiple polynomials?

In Mathematica 9 a new flavor of Root object with multiple polynomials was introduced. For example, ...
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Second level depth pure function?

I have the following working construction: Select[ln125, # == Nearest[ln125, 551.748][[1]] &] Here, ln125 is a one ...
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nested use of Apply/Map/MapThread in pure functions

1. My main question I have a function with two argument slots. I wan't to apply this function to 2 lists with different length's. I thought in this solution: ...
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Multiply list of pure functions by list of scalars?

I am trying to write a function that returns a list of pure functions. The last step in the function, is to multiply the list of pure functions by a list of scalars (i.e. matrix multiplication). When ...
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Generating a list of pure variables

I want to pass a list of pure variables to a function, in which the ordering of the variables matters. For instance, if I want a palindrome, my function might be: ...
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Using DeleteCases and Map together

Given: list1 = {{"a",1},{"b",2},{"c",3}} I would like to delete any pair in list1 that does not have a first element that belongs to list2. Example 1: If ...
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How to construct a new list made from a function that operates on two lists

I need to take two lists (each list contains the number of moles of a chemical). I have a function calledFraction that takes the each entry of the list and then calculates the mole fraction of ...
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Confusing efficiency and evaluation when returning pure functions? [duplicate]

I have a function that takes some time to evaluate, that's meant to be a polynomial approximation to a function. The polynomial is defined by a list of coefficients, so I have the function ...
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Definition of differential operators [duplicate]

I am curious how differential operators are defined in Mathematica. More specifically, if the Laplacian function wasn't available, how would one go on to define such a function in Mathematica directly ...
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Expansion in Basis Functions

I am trying to create an expansion of the form f[x,y]->Sum[Cn[x] y^n,{n,1,order}] To replace the function f by the ...