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How to calculate FDCT

I'm new to Mathemtica and I'm trying to calculate Discrete Cosine Transformation FDCT. I found the FourierDCT built-in function, but not DCT, so I need to implement it. I have tried couple of ideas ...
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How to create a simple interface to get file path and execute some code on it?

I need to create a simple user interface to choose one file in the notebook directory, import it and execute some functions on the imported data. For the first version I created this code: ...
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Opening a notebook from command line in an existing front end instance

I am using Linux, and I would like to be able to programmatically open notebooks in a running Mathematica instance from the command line. Currently, doing something like ...
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LinearSolveFunction unusable if stored to disk?

I encounter a problem when saving a LinearSolveFunction to disk, where the LinearSolveFunction is obtained with LinearSolve for ...
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How can I make hatching filling of plot

How can I make hatching filling of plot Like this: I use another one plot with shifting to make filled area above: ...
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How can I fill-in this Pentagram?

This is my code: Graphics[{EdgeForm[Yellow], Yellow, Polygon[Table[{Cos[t], Sin[t]}, {t, 0, 4 π, (4 π)/5}]]}] which gives this: but I want to get: How?
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Export data to Excel with adjusted column size

I'm trying to export some data with formats into Excel. It works ok, but the columns size get not properly adjusted. I don't want to use some complicated solution based on this example. In my tests, ...
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Guides for programming CDFs

Are there any tutorials for programming high-quality CDFs, like the interactive calculus textbook presented at wolfram.com? Mathematica's Help is extremely impressive but it really does not help much ...
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Proving a recurrence in Mathematica

I have $$j_n=\int_0^1 x^{2n} \sin(\pi x)dx.$$ How do I show that $$j_{n+1}= \frac{1}{\pi^2}(\pi- (2n+1)(2n+2)j_n)\, ?$$ I keep getting a recurring integration by parts and I can't simplify it. ...
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How to mix Unevaluated property of function arguments with expression assignments?

This is a follow-up to my (solved) question How to distribute a generic function of two arguments (without evaluating the arguments) Say, I have a binary function ...
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Why doesn't Log[Gamma[]] simplify to LogGamma[] where it could?

I have been playing with various equations involving amount of permutations in relatively large sets. Easiest way to look at these is something like Log[10, bignumber!] . Often expressions, even ...
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Inputting two arrays for a module in Mathematica

I am relatively new to the Mathematica enviroment and not sure where I am going wrong. I have evaluated the question and understand it, but dont know how to exactly create a module for it. The ...
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Creating a package of special plots

In my work as a math teacher, I create lots of graphs to illustrate ideas. I have lots of math books and will often try to duplicate a particular style of graph. Below, one very simple example, ...
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Equivalent of Python's “all” function in Mathematica

The Python function def isPrime(n): return all(n % i for i in xrange(2, n)) checks if a number is a prime number by using ...
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How to save a web page in mathematica?

For a given web page http://www.nytimes.com/, is it possible to save it as : first: only HTML(within css) second: more elements(include pictures and so on) just like what a browser can do. ...
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Better Autocompelete for the Front-End

I wonder if it is possible to improve the front-end's autocomplete capability. Compared with some other more sophisticated editors/IDEs, such as eclipse, Mathematica's front-end does not provide a ...
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Calculating an exact orthogonal modal matrix in Mathematica

I can calculate the modal matrix of a matrix A using the command JordanDecomposition[A][[1]], and a decimal approximation of the orthogonal (or normalised) modal ...
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Local max/min of Mathematica data sets

Is there a way in Mathematica to find the local maxima of a set of points? Suppose you have ...
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Why doesn't Mathematica simplify a square root of an expression that equals a square of a positive real?

When I try and simplify this expression: ...
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I have figures containing several arcs showing the extend of angular measures, and would like to indicate the directions in which angles are measured with arrowheads. How do I add an arrowhead at the ...
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I have an array s5 I want to plot using ListContourPlot ...
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TreePlot EdgeLabeling Style

I am trying to control the style for edge labels in treeplot and have run into a problem. Consider these two graphs: ...
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With comma as decimal separator, how do you insert a period in the header/footer?

I have enabled comma as my decimal separator, which means that comma still acts normally and when pressing period it will be converted to a comma. In the header I would like to make a period, so I ...
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How to make 3d solid volume from set of images [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to show solid bodies using volumetric rendering? I have a set of images, and I want to construct a z-stack, then reconstruct it to a 3d volume. My previous ...
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Numerical-Symbolical Integration (Calculus)

I created a simple numeric-symbolic integration. Here you can use symbolical and numerical techniques at the same time. You can also interpolate numerical integrals. The problem with my function is ...
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How can I kill one evaluator from another?

I have a kernel named A in one notebook and other notebook with kernel B, how can I kill B from A?
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Why does Hash return different values in Version 7?

This function does not work correctly for me. The generated Gravatars do not match the ones actually produced by using the corresponding address. The problem was traced to differing output from the ...
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Using bin values and metadata in ChartElementFunction in histograms

The DensityHistogram command lets you specify a ChartElementFunction which according to the documentation: The arguments ...
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Gravatars/identicons with Mathematica

The default avatar/identicon is based on an MD5 hash of your e-mail address. With some e-mail providers (e.g., GMail) the address gmailuser+foo@gmail.com is still ...
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Reduce/NSolve cannot solve a constraint problem?

I am trying to solve the following problem: Minimize Integral[ (y''[x]+10)^2,x] Where y''[x]+a*y'[x]+y[x] = 0, and the initial conditions for the DE are ...
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Evaluate while external command is being run [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Computing Many Slow I/O Operations I'm launching an external command with the Mathematica front end that takes two arguments: ...
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Ordering vertices with minimum Edge Crossing in Circular Graphs

Weighted and sorted Mathematica circular graphs are shown below. My question is how to reorder the vertices in such a way that they have minimum cuts (intersection of edges) while keeping the circular ...
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Plot Even Piecewise function

Is it possible in Mathematica to plot an even piecewise function like: $f(x) = \begin{cases} 3t , 0 \le t \le \frac{\pi}{2} \\ 3t + 6 , \frac{\pi}{2} \le t \le \pi \end{cases}$ which has ...
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How to distribute a generic function of two arguments (without evaluating the arguments)

I guess there is an easy way to do this, but I can't seem to figure it out. What I would like to do is to distribute a generic (i.e. without specifying what this function really does) binary function. ...
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How can I create a legend for a Heat Map when I don't want to show the full range of colors?

I produce a heat map with legend with the code shown below ...
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Implementation of Balaban's Line intersection algorithm in Mathematica

I'm trying to implement a Brillouin Zone algorithm within Mathematica, including the generation of Brillouin zones of higher order in 2D and 3D. There is a nice implementation of generating these ...
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Compiling a recursive formula

My question is related to computing what is called "invariant measure" for a particular well known fractal - the Sierpinski triangle. We have an array m of four two by two matrices, say ...
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Exporting CellFrameLabels to HTML

I have a notebook that has several cells with CellFrameLabels and I'd like to export the notebook to HTML. However, the CellFrameLabels are lost during export. Here's an example of what I'm working ...
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Implementation of Incomplete Fermi-Dirac Integral in Mathematica

I'm working on a special algorithm to implement a more accurate effective mass calculation for hole carriers in silicon in Mathematica. This rather involved algorithm uses incomplete Fermi-Dirac ...
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Pre and Post in a Block[]

Why does Block[{\$Pre = ( 1 + #) &}, 1] produce 1 while ...
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Speed up iterated manipulations of a graph / table

I am trying to generate a version of Watts' model of cascading shocks to a network following the discussion on p. 20-25 of this article. The basic premise is to use the ...
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Approaches For Creating Cycle Plots in Mathematica

I am trying to create a cycle plot in Mathematica, and I am having a hard time finding the right approach to create the visualization. Can anyone give me a few pointers as to how to approach the ...
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Using “Raw MathLink Connections” to create a “Kernel Object”

Mathematica 8.0.0: I am stuck trying to get a Mathematica Mathlink connection from my Windows computer working that should connects to Linux over network (or vice versa) and then launches a Kernel on ...
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How to create function that classifies sample data

I want to create expression, that classifies samples ( 4 weather features -> decision). Example training data: For the values that i have data for, I can use rules: ...
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Coloring each face of a Cuboid with a different color

Is there a way to color each face of a Cuboid with a different color? I looked in the help but couldn't find anything. I found this Coloring the faces of a 3D ...
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Programmatically combine 2D contour plots with 1D projections

I regularly need to plot 2D and 1D data together. I want to be able to show a 2D contour plot with the projections along each of the axes. As it is now, I create the three plots separately and use ...
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Import[ ] drops leading zeros from data when importing a CSV file

I need to load data from the CSV file shown below. Import[ ] drops the leading zeros in column 3 when it imports the CSV file, but they are security identifiers, and I need them. ReadList[ ] ...
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When to use Get vs Needs

When should I use << vs Needs? I just always use Needs as ...