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Bug in RepeatedNull?

RepeatedNull appears to be buggy (versions 8.0, and 9.0). Define f as follows: ...
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How can I implement the method of Lagrange multipliers to find constrained extrema?

I want to form the function $h=f-\lambda_{1}g_{1}-\lambda_{2}g_{2}$ where $f$ is the function to optimize subject to the constraints $g_{1}=0$ and $g_{2}=0$ so that I can solve the first partial ...
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How can I calculate all irreducible polynomials of 31 degree in $\mathbb Z_2[x]$?

How can I calculate all binary irreducible polynomials of degree 31? or how i calculate all irreducible $f$ in $\mathbb Z_2[x]$? (The irreducible polynomial in $\mathbb Z_2[x]$ and $\mathbb R$ are ...
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using a Mathematica function to define a new function

I'd like to define a function of three variables which produces a new, named function of a single variable, where this final variable is not a member of the first three. So I'd like something where I ...
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NDSolve - 2nd order ODE - how to solve for y and y'

i am trying to workout how to solve a simple 2nd order ODE for y and y'. I can solve for y[t] as follows but how can i solve for y[t] and y'[t] ? ...
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How do you plot level curves describing a 3d surface on the x-y plane?

I am trying to plot several level curves of the cone: [x=ucos[v], y=usin[v], z=u],[0<=u<=2,0<=v<=2Pi] in the x-y plane. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks
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Efficient matrix multiplication

I have a list of vectors vecs={vec1,vec2,...,vecN} where veci is a list with length N. Now I have a matrix N*N called mat. I would like to efficiently get all the numbers veci.mat.veci for i=1 to N in ...
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Labeling different curves on a LogLinearPlot

I have created a couple of two-variable plots of the form f(x,y)=x*y where there's a number of result curves, each representing an answer (image example below). ...
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Logarithmic scale in a DensityPlot and its legend

I was recently faced with the task of creating a DensityPlot with a logarithmic colour scale, and with providing it with an appropriate legend. Since I could not find any resources to this effect on ...
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How does Mma compute Confidence Intervals?

I am trying to understand how Mma computes the Confidence Intervals after a NonlinearModelFit. Consider the following example: ...
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Find a notebook I had open recently

I worked on a notebook a few weeks ago and now I can't find after looking through the most likely directories. The recent list only has 6 items in it, none of them the notebook in question. Is there a ...
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Is it possible to get a callback from J/Link into java when the (remote) link closes or the Mathematica process is terminated (killed) altogether?
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Place title outside of GraphicsGrid in Manipulate

I want to be able to place a text title centered just inside the bounding box generated by Manipulate yet above the GraphicsGrid and run boxes you see when ...
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How can I use a recursive function in a Module

I have a question about using a recursive function in a module. I made the following example to illustrate the question. The followwing code works: ...
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Solving recurrence sequence using an ODE

I'm trying to solve the recurrence a[n] == 0 for n < l a[l] == 1 a[n] == (l + 2(n - l) a[n - l] + (n - l)(n - 1) a[n - 1])/n(n - l + 1) for n >= l using ...
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Add Brackets to a string list

Hello stackexchange community! I have a stringlist with a value and his error for eg: {{"12","1"},{"13","2"}} Now i want to output this as something like this ...
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Generating a power series expansion of the function with parameter

I'm trying to generate a power series expansion of the following function: ...
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Making code version aware

Mathics, a free Mathematica-compatible project has been recently launched. It provides a subset of the functions and capabilities of Mathematica at a slower pace. This opens us the tantalizing ...
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Enlarge the axes text

Plot[Sin[x^2], {x, 0, 3}, AxesLabel -> {"x value", Sin[x^2]}] In the above code give a graph. In the graph the axes fonts are too small. My problem is that, ...
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Outputting a film (in .avi, .mp4, etc. formats) where frames correspond to Graphics3D outputs

I'd like to make a exportable film (in some format like .avi or .mp4, something playable on most computers) where each frame is a Graphics3D output. For example, we might generate frames in the ...
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How to remove ConditionalExpression from output

I need define the function with parameter so I could directly generate a power series expansion. The problem is that in some cases ConditionalExpression appears in output. Here is my code: ...
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NMaximize the Likelihood

I am still pretty new to Mathematica, but have to solve a quite complex problem. The function ...
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Entering numbers in Scientific Notation?

I need to play with a lot of powers such as 10^-3. 1E-3 does not work for it. Is there any short form for it?
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Optimization with Matrix value constraint

I am trying to find the orientation and position of a polygon resting on a curved surface under gravity.The polygon MUST not be penetrated by any part of the surface below. Here is an example for a ...
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Mathematica 9 Citation

I want to cite Mathematica 9.0.1 in my paper, but the standard citation is not available here http://support.wolfram.com/kb/472. Can you let me know where I can find it or give me one good sample (I ...
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Strange result for the analytic integration leads to Hypergeometric2F1

The integration result for Integrate[1/(r^2 Sqrt[x/r^(4 - 2 \[Gamma]) + 1]), r] is: ...
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Solving a system of non-linear differential equations

I want to solve the system of non-linear differential equations given below numerically. $$y''(t)+500y'(t)+100y(t)=-33\cos(500t)-66\cos(1000t)$$ $$300x'(t)=1000y(t)+500y'(t)-35\tanh(50x'(t))$$ ...
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How to determine coordinates of a shape in an image?

I have a pre-processed image, from which I have to get coordinates of some components. There are 7 green components (pigs actually) that I have already isolated from an angry bird screen shot. So ...
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Pattern matching in nested lists

I'm sure this has been asked before, but I can't find the right combination of search keywords to find it. Apologies. I want to do a ReplaceAll on a list of lists, ...
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Plotting - recursive

Slightly clearer, hopefully: I would like to plot Solve[Normal[Series[E^(n x), {x, 0, n}]] == 0 for incrementally increasing n, and show all plots overlayed. Here is my effort with up to n=63 using ...
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Change base font for all graphics objects

How can I change the base font style for all graphics objects, including the ones generated using plotting functions? I would like to change this a single time and have it affect all graphics ...
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ListPlot3D of a set of points in a non-convex region

I would like to plot a set of points in the same style as ListPlot3D does, but only in a non-convex region that I can specify (e.g. using a ...
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How to import a “.numbers” spreadsheet?

Does Mathematica support importing a ".numbers" spreadsheet file (from the "Numbers" '09 (ver. 2.3 554) spreadsheet program in Apple's OS X iWork office suite)? A ".numbers" file is actually a zip ...
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Conversion of binary matrix of mlf into multilinear function, any ready function for this?

I convert here only one term $x_1x_3x_7$ from the binary matrix by first getting the reversed binary 1010001 and then miggling with the data. I know I could convert the columns into binaries and then ...
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How to get monomials multiplied by each other?

Suppose Subscript[x, #] & /@ {1, 3, 7} that returns {x_1,x_3,x_7}. Now how can I get ...
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How to extract data beginning on the closest number to zero?

I have a list from which I want to extract only the values beginning from where b (from {a,b}) is the closest to zero. For example: I want extract data={{2, -0.036704}, {56.7499, 0.95489}, {73.7349, ...
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Specifying coordinates for Inset on a LogPlot

If I use Epilog->Inset within a Plot, the coordinates specified within that Inset match ...
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Dark artifacts in mathematica plot

When plotting in Mathematica I just got some "dark artifacts". Here is my code: ...
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Calculate information entropy integral in infinite square well problem

In the context of information theory, entropy is a measure of uncertainty of a random variable. In quantum mechanics, the uncertainty principle states that $\Delta x\Delta k \ge 1/2$. The same can be ...
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Export vector images

I am having difficulties exporting vector graphics. Using Kardashev3's code provided here: ...
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Speed up manipulate by exporting each step as an image

Consider a manipulate function such as: ...
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Show multiple plots with single variable

Using the same example code as in this question, is it possible to show all 10 plots (ie, each step of the manipulation) simultaneously? If a manipulate function is a series of listplots based on a ...
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How to draw symmetrical parts of a circle

Let's consider the following simple case: ...
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Inconsistent results of second derivative of inverse fourier transform

I am trying to get the Green's function of a toy diffusion equation $$\frac{\partial^2 u(x,t)}{\partial x^2} = \frac{1}{\alpha^2}\frac{\partial u(x,t)}{\partial t}$$ with Mathematica 9. Then solve ...
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How do you ContourPlot3D an implicit function of x,y, and z?

This is what I am trying to do: ContourPlot3D[4 Log[x^2 + y^2 + z^2] == 1, {x, -10, 10}, {y, -10, 10}, {z, -10, 10}] but all I get is the empty box. Can anyone ...
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Why is FileNameJoin not working?

I can not figure out why the code below doesn't work? aaa >> FileNameJoin[{Directory[],"input"}] error message came out saying OpenWrite::noopen: ...
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Is there a way to plot a single level curve of a function of x and y through a given point?

For example, I am trying to plot the single level curve of f(x,y)=xsin[y/x]+ysin[2x] that goes through the point (3pi,3pi). Can anyone show me how to do this?
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How to partition a list according to a nested table structure?

This question is related to this quesion. The goal is to use ParallelMap to map a function to a nested Table to get the ...