For questions specific to Version 6 of Mathematica.
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Frame and white background not working (all other colours are fine)
Though my question my be related to this one, it doesn't look like it can easily be solved in the same way, so I hope not to be double-posting.
I am trying to insert a framed number/text into a ...
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Opening notebooks from Mathematica 6 in Mathematica 9 without re-evaluating
I have many lecture notes that are originally coded and programmed using Mathematica 6.1. However since my school provides me with Mathematica 9, I notice that certain codes have been modified. Is ...
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Forcing evaluation of ArgMax
How to force evaluation of ArgMax before its output gets used in Solve?
Background: I'm trying to solve for the Nash ...
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Version differences in Parallelize
I am having a problem which I guess is due to version difference. I have to generate a list of unitary matrices, which I can do easily. However I came to know about ...
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Export Table from Mathematica into specific cells Excel
How can I export a table to Excel - to specific cells, e.g. D1-E2?
Background: I want to compare results, and it's easier to have the results on one spreadsheet.
I'm using Mathematica 6.
This is my ...
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backward compatibility
When producing or enhancing code, it is tempting to use recent new primitives of Mathematica introduced in version 7 and 8, but for library code or in preparation or future version change in ...
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$InputFileName backwards compatibility
What would be a good replacement for $InputFileName (which has been added recently to Mathematica 8) to achieve backwards compatibility with let's say M6 and M7?
I ...
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How to partition a disk into individually spaced bricks?
What I want to do is in any way produce a picture that looks like this
Given a set of words, how can I partition a disk into bricks for these words, such that it looks good?
Here is my sucky ...
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Are later versions of the Front-End compatible with older Kernels?
At my graduate school, all of the clusters still use version-6, and I only have version-7 and version-8 installed on my computer. I would like to use those machines remotely. Are either of the ...
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Setting up TextStyle with initialization cells in Mathematica 6+
It used to be quite straightforward to change the default settings of a notebook in terms of inputs, outputs, text styles and font sizes in previous versions of Mathematica using initialization cells ...
