# All Questions

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### How to find the kth largest eigenvalue of a matrix, taking into account the sign? [duplicate]

I have a real symmetric matrix m (i.e. its eigenvalues are all real). Eigenvalues[m, {k}] will find the ...
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### Insert at specific resulting positions in multidimensional list?

I have an initial "multidimensional" list (that is, a list that is not a vector): list0 = {{1},{2,3,4},{3,4},{5}}; and I want to insert elements ...
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### Regular Expression - for html objects

I did a previous research about similar questions, but I really am confuse about using html objects. I have the following situation: I Import a html from a url and I need to pick the numbers that ...
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### NIntegrate and Interval regions

NIntegrate does not seem to like Intervals as regions. Consider the following example function defined for a parameter "a" ...
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### Mathematica notebook is corrupt

Well great, I had some work done (though it wasn't much, it was just laid out nicely) in a cdf file. My computer decided to shut down on my randomly while I was working on it (some kind of error). I ...
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### How to test a condition for a list and output all the expression that is true?

Suppose that I have a list lis={x-y,x+y,x*y}; and a function f[a_,b_]:=#/.{x->a,y->b}& I want to output all the ...
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### PlotStyle and Legends

I know only three plot style ...
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### Catastrophic loss of precision

while I am trying to solve the double integral in the range of 0 to Infinity (for both the integral) it give me the error Catastrophic loss of precision in the global error estimate due to ...
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### Configuring remote access when using a VPN

To address some of the responsiveness issues, I use the Mathematica front end (v9 or v10) to access a remote kernel on a Raspberry Pi. The (advanced) kernel configuration used is this: Arguments to ...
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### Using FortranForm for d0 notation?

When I use FortranForm, it changes 2*a^2 into 2*a**2 which is fine, but if I want the expression in a form such as, 2.d0*a**2 which represents an integer to be ...
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### RegionUnion issues with many Regions

The new RegionUnion[] function is just what I needed if only I could get it to work. I have many non-overlapping regions that I will need to use as plotting domains ...
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### TrigExpand Idiosyncracies

TrigExpand[Sin[x]^2 Log[y]] returns sin^2(x) log(y), as one would expect. However, ...
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### Restricting Numbers in a Matrix

I am generating a random N x N matrix, but with a certain restriction. What I'm trying to do is that when there's a "1" in a position, all neighboring positions must turn to "0" (so if [i,j] = 1, then ...
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### Generating Mathlink executables by CCompilerDriver

I'm trying to generate a MathLink executable by CreateExecutable from CCompilerDriver ...
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### How to load a custom mathematica package from a .m file?

I would like to load the package groebner50.m which is available through the website of David A. Cox. It's supposed to contain some useful tools for commutative algebra, but I haven't been able to get ...
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### Analytic approximation of NDSOLVE

I have to solve the following differential equation L'[t] == L[t]^(-3/2) - 0.1 I tried DSolve: ...
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### Changing the Ticks in LogLinearPlot for representation pH values

I need to change the ticks in the xaxis for representation pH values, but the ticks are not dispersed along the range of xaxis. Another question: why the vertical line defined with Epilog is not ...
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### Include more padding between tick marks and plot [duplicate]

How can I modify the code below to add some padding between my tick marks and 3D plot? It is not a problem in this example, but often my tick marks collide with my axes. ...
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### Create a ProbabilityDistribution

I am trying to wrap my head around the function ProbabilityDistribution. For training purpose, I'd like to recreate the binomial distribution (without using it) so that the two code lines return the ...
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### Unprotect fails the first time, works on second pass [duplicate]

I am redefining some of the standard math functions. I know this is dangerous, so I am trying to be extra careful. (For instance, in the redefinitions, I make sure to only match a custom head) The ...
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### How to get an element of a list , which is computed out of substituted variables?

What is the best way to get the element of a list, which is computed out of substituded variables? For example one wants to get the first element of the first row of ...
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### defining Associated Stirling numbers of the Second Kind

First, I'm new to Mathematica. Spent my undergraduate programming with Maple and my computer crashed and I lost it. Fortunately, my university offers free Mathematica downloads to students, so here ...
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### Fine tuning compiled code that computes dilogarithm function

As an exercise of writing a good Compile function, I want to do the simple task of coding a routine that outputs the real part of the dilogarithm function ...
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### Proper way to run a Mathematica script (-script vs -run vs MathematicaScript vs <)?

Suppose I have a Mathematica script called test.m. There at least 4 ways to run this from the terminal: ...
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### Dynamic graph construction and visualization (Watts' “Small Worlds” α-model)

I need some help in creating a Mathematica program for building and visualizing Watts' "Small Worlds" α-model. This is a variant of the more known (and much more simple) β-model (also known as ...
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### How to get Series to recognize user-defined function has pole

Edit for clarity: How does Mathematica's function Series know that Gamma[x] has a pole at ...
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### Solving a system of nonlinear equations

The bellow set of equations has two answer sets for (α1, α2, α3, β1, β2, β3) respectively as following: (3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1) & (3, 0.75, 3, 0.5, -1, 0.5) ...
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### Find constants in a function? [closed]

Let's say I have a function f[x] with n constants, e.g. f[x] = c1 * x + c2*x^2 + ... + cn *x^n I also have n conditions to find those constants, e.g ...
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### Variable number of controls in manipulate

i want to add a variable amount of variables to manipulate, but i got stuck at one point and can't figure out a solution (even after reading here for hours...). I have a function (e.g. here a ...
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### Generalize WASD Function First Person Viewing

How might I generalize the following WASD question such that it works with any Graphics3D object and includes q and ...
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### Compile issues, scoping and order of evaluation

I have a few questions about compiling functions, which I think are all related to scoping and order of evaluation. I will illustrate them by a minimal example of the problem I have. I'm sorry for ...
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### Force change in aspect ratio of Inset image

I have an image that I want to place in the background of a plot and stretch it to cover the entire plot area. However, the aspect ratio of the image does not match the aspect ratio of the plot, and ...
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### How can Mathematica help me to find a real radical expression for roots of this polynomial?‎

The polynomial P(x)=x^‎‏4‏‎-‎‏4‏x^‎‏2‏‎-‎‏2‏x+‎‏1‏‎ has ‎‏4‏‎ real roots (this can be clearly checked by plotting). But solving ...
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### Power::infy: error using FindFit [closed]

I have a 2D data to fit (the Airy type pattern from diffraction of Gaussian beam on the circular aperture). Please see the attached picture. I was going to use a function like ...
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### Multiple plots using dynamics

I am studying Dynamic and DynamicModule, and I have tried to make a simple plot of a family of real functions. The number of functions should be a dynamic variable controlled by a slider. So I have ...
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### How to explain the behavior of Rule inside these functions [duplicate]

I'm trying to define a function that takes an expression and spits out a pure function involving a replacement rule of that function's variable. An example would be a function ...
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### kernel Local crashes during the course of a For loop

I want to find the minimum of the function r[x,p] subject to the constraint w[x,p,t]==0 (t ...
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### Plotting in projective space

I am having difficulty figuring out how to plot to projective space. Suppose I have a region which I have plotted such as: ...
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### What is the proper way to operate on interpolating functions?

I am trying to multiply an interpolating function by -1. If I do this Mathematica does not seem to allow any further operations. Bear with me while I generate the Interpolating Function in question. ...
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### GUI of a Karnaugh Map

I intend to implement a three-variables Karnaugh map with the following code. There are two points I failed to figure out. How to remove the outer double-line border? How to change the toggling into ...
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### DSolve breaks when the ordering of independent variables aren't proper?

I encountered this when trying to solve this problem with DSolve: ...
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### Order of Evaluate for Map

I would like to get a list of variable names as strings. For example, x = 1; y = 2; Map[SymbolName, Unevaluated /@ Unevaluated@{x, y}] {"x", "y"} This works ...
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### Excluding region with RegionDifference

I can't make RegionDifference work for two Rectangle: ...
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### How to draw timing diagram from a 0 and 1 string list (2)

I like ubpdqn's last edition & Mr Wizard's refactoring to my last question very much. I inserted two Reverse just to make the diagrams and the strings match in ...
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### Having variables appear aqua in user defined function [duplicate]

In many of the inbuilt mathematica function, variables appear aqua like in: However, when creating your own function, variables no longer have that green coloring and are instead colored like an ...
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### How does one get Mesh lines at 0 in ParametricPlot3D?

The following is in the documentation (MMA 10) under ParametricPlot3D -> Options -> Mesh : ...
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### Is the use of Block to temporarily override definitions inherently unsafe? [duplicate]

This may have been discussed before, if so, please let me know. Consider the following example: x = 5 Dynamic[{Clock[], x}] This will always display the ...
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### Mathematica 10 trial limitations [closed]

I just installed the mathematica 10 trial on OS X Mavericks. Everything seems to be working fine, except that I cannot use Export or any kind of functions involving ...