For questions specific to Version 6 of Mathematica.
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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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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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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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1answer
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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 ...
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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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1answer
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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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1answer
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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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1answer
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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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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 ...
