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InputField as both in- and output fields with ContinuousAction

Many years ago, I made a handy little program in Flash. It consisted of a number of input fields, each representing a variable that was dependent on all the others. As soon as any field changed, the ...
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How to make overlapped part to be transparent?

I want to ask is it possible to make the overlapped part to be transparent in Graphics3D. ...
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Perturbation theory in general relativity using xAct

I'm trying to use the xAct Mathematica package for manipulating tensors, and I'd like to plug in a metric into the perturbation equations to first order in general relativity, and have everything ...
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Edge Labels with distance between vertices

I am trying to make traveling salesman type graph using the locations of NFL stadiums as the vertices. I need to get the EdgeLabels to appear was the distance between the vertices. I was able to ...
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3D Plot of The Riemann Zeta Function

I am a new user and i would appreciate your help to visualize the 3D of the following function. Edit I tried this ...
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Use the value of a cell in a table as the argument to a function

I just got Mathematica from my school and I'm trying to learn the basics. How could I use the value of a cell in a table (as in Insert->Table) and pass it as an argument to a function whose value is ...
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Save associations to a file and reload

I have many (say 2 for now) associations that I want to save to a file ...
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Importing FITS file from HEALPix

I am trying to read FITS file created by HEALPix software. The file contains a spherical map of a scalar field. There is the online support on how to use the file in IDL, but not for Mathematica. I ...
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Time-efficient creation of matrix

I have expressions like xx1=FF[1, 1] GG[1, 1] + FF[1, 1] GG[2, 2] + FF[2, 2] GG[2, 2] xx2=2*FF[1, 2] GG[1, 1] + FF[1, 1] GG[1, 2] + FF[2, 2] GG[2, 2] and I want ...
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how to write string to file without Quotation mark

I am trying to Write String to file, something like this: Write["test.txt", "This is a test"]; when I opened the file I found that the string was written with ...
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Multiple down-values with exactly the same lefthand side

I was working on an answer to this question, when I was sidetracked by what I bring up here. I wanted a function, which when given a string representing a binary number, would convert the string to a ...
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Keep kernel running for execution of scheduled task

How can I keep a kernel running until all scheduled tasks have completed? For example upon running the following script bazinga.m: ...
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Conveying density of 5-smooth (Hamming) numbers

A number is 5-smooth if its only prime factors are 2, 3 or 5. Example: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, … Interesting thing is that as they become larger ...
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Resources for Sound Synthesis & Design

Are there any resources for sound synthesis using Mathematica? This page, Mathematica: Audio Synthesis Software, refers to other software packages, e.g. Max/MSP and Csound, for real-time synthesis. ...
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Subtracting list from list of same dimensions [duplicate]

This might seem like a basic operation I have already searched for similar answers but found none. I want to subtract the second elements of my list ct from the corresponding element in lt, and ...
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Given two samples, how does LocationTest select its AutomaticTest?

How does LocationTest select its "AutomaticTest" when testing two samples? Background: A previous post poses a similar question ...
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Find lengths of contours in a ContourPlot

I am trying to find the lengths of different contours in the following plot: It is a complicated piecewise function evaluated on the unit disk. I am hoping there is an easy, generalized way to ...
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Image processing: extracting ordered contour

Continuing the question How to extract the edge from a set of points and its answer by Simon Woods, I would like to ask if there is a way to extract the boundary of obtained as ...
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Modular surface of tri-focal Cassini curve ContourPlot3D missing feet

I am wondering why the following fails to cover the surface at points near $k = 0$. ...
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workbench: how to see values of global variables during debugging

Consdier the following package ...
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Values (or positions) of array row elements within a specified number of positions from target value

I have the need to collect values from the rows of rectangular arrays of arbitrary precision integers, given a target element value and allowed "distance" (positions +/- within the row from found ...
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How to make an arbitrary number of plots have different labels/colors/etc?

I'm sorry but I'm not sure how to phrase this question well. Frequently I have a function that produces and returns a Plot[] or array of Plot[]'s, which I can then display with Show[], or combine with ...
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Simulated Annealing Parameters and Results

I am using SimulatedAnnealing method for a simulation based optimization problem and was wondering if someone can enlighten me on the following features: Is there ...
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Mathematica rule to express exponentials as multiplication

I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but it is a very simple question and I would imagine it shouldn't be terribly hard for someone that knows to answer. I'm essentially trying to tell ...
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Find nearest distance of an interior point from perimeter

By definition, the interior point is a point inside an arbitrary region like this: In picture above, $y$ is an interior point of region. My question is how to find the distance of an interior point ...
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Why is my compiled function slower than a regular function?

I have the following functions: ...
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About auto-compiling and performance between Do and Fold

I was investigating how Fold could improve performance vs Do. I tested the code ...
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Fast method for combining two lists

I have two lists, v1 and v2. Each element of the lists may be positive or negative. I want to create a list ...
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Is there any faster way than Eigensystem to diagonalize a Hermitian matrix?

Is there any faster way than using "Eigensystem" to diagonalize(get all the eigenvectors and eigenvalues) of a Hermitian(self-adjoint) matrix? That would be amazing :). Thanks.
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Forcing Mathematica to recognize a symbol without defining it

In the Mathematica front-end, symbols that have been defined are colored black and symbols with no definition associated are colored blue. This is useful to prevent spelling mistakes. Also, defined ...
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How to combine two vectors into a matrix by columns?

I know it may sounds idiot, but I've been looking through the document, and couldn't find a way to combine two vectors say {a, b} and ...
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Multiple output cells

Is it possible to have multiple outputs from a single function? For example: In[1]:= x+1 x+2 Out[1]= 1+x Out[2]= 2+x has multiple outputs, how can I ...
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Dimension of an algebraic variety

I would like to compute, using Groebner bases, the dimension of the variety defined by a set of polynomials in several variables. In the wikipedia page the method is described, and an implementation ...
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Why can I still hear sound when the frequency of the periodic function inside Play is higher than the range of human ear?

We know that usually sound that is perceptible by humans has frequencies from about 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz, but as the title said, I can still hear the sound of the outputs of the following code: ...
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Draw plot with locator & slider

I would like to create a plot whereby both the slider and the locator 'draw' the plot. In the following code, the locator & the slider act independently: ...
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Memory usage of timeseries - lists of {Integer32, Real32}

A list of {Integer32, Real32} items in Mathematica seems to use 12-times as much memory than the C equivalent array of structs. ...
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Evaluate open cell segments in a notebook

The Evaluate > EvaluateNotebook evaluates the whole notebook. Is it possible to somehow evaluate ONLY the open sections of a notebook?
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Is it possible to interact with an external program's command-line interface?

I am performing a calculation in Mathematica which relies on calls to an external program that acts as a black box for calculating a function $f$, and I would like to know if it is possible for ...
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I am researching a software reliability model that has many parameters that need to be estimated. I want to use a maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) to estimate those parameters. After I searched ...
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How do I put a Monitor into CDF?

I would like to keep track of progress of a database request in an Enterprise CDF, but it won't allow PrintTemporary or ...
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Graph Creation in Mathematica: TSP

I'm trying to create the following graph in Mathematica Where do I start? I'm specifically trying to make a graph so that I can use it in TravelingSalesman[g], ...
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Is there a fast method of generating a Standard Deviation image from a frame stack?

Imagine I have a stack of image frames, $(f_1, ..., f_N) \in F$, where each $f_i$ has the same set of $(x,y)$ dimensions. Using these frames, I'd like to create an image where each pixel in the image ...
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Erfi[z] expansion in Mathematica: is this a bug?

Looking at the expansion: Series[Erfi[x], {x, Infinity, 1}] I obtain -I+E^x^2 (1/(Sqrt[\[Pi]] x)+O[1/x]^2) (note the ...
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Efficiently determining the largest minimum cost to travel from a fixed source to an arbitrary sink in a weighted graph

Let $v_i$ be a vertex in a graph $G$ with vertices $(v_1,...,v_N) \in V$ and edges $(e_1,...,e_M) \in E$ with associated weights $(w_1,...,w_M)$. Let $v_s \in V$ be specified vertex in the graph. In ...
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How to draw a Circle in a graph with Log Y Scale

I've programmed drawing tools for graph images and am experiencing a problem with the coordinates of an Ellipse on a graph with a Log Y axis. It's quite easy to work out the Y Axis coordinates for ...
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How can I test properties of a symbol without unwanted evaluation

Problem How to get the head, size, dimensions, etc. of a symbol without evaluating it? Since Mathematica does not allocate fix storage space and type to symbols it is not trivial to query runtime ...
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A simple StringCases problem

Given this text: text1 = " A Vitamin D Deficiency (ICD-9-CM 268.9) (ICD-9-CM 268.9) 09/11/2015 01 "; Yes, the ICD code values are duplicates- possibly but ...
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Write a function that returns the logarithmic derivative

How can we write a function that if we input an expression f, it returns the log derivative $\frac{1}{f} \frac{df}{dx}$. We have to use a conditional or pattern test so that the function accepts any ...
I have 6 points in $\mathbb R^3$ as follows: ...