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How to solve a quadratic integer programming problem?

I want to solve a quadratic integer programming problem in Mathematica. My first attempt looks like this: ...
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Image of input and output cells is not exported correctly

Wolfram Blog uses PNG images to display input and output cells in a notebook. For example, the following is an image from Samuel Chen's post: I should be able to produce a similar image by ...
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Displaying a series obtained by evaluating a Taylor series

Description of problem I would like to use Mathematica to display the series obtained by substituting a value for $x$ in a Taylor series expansion. The terms of the series will be rational numbers, ...
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How to construct a treemap using non-rectangles?

I've written the standard version of a tree map (a graphic that shows nested data) and I'm looking to improve on this layout by switching to different types of polygons or perhaps circles. Can anyone ...
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How can one define an infix operator with an arbitrary unicode character?

You can setup "UsefulFunction[a, b]" to use custom infix notation "a [LeftRightArrow] b" as follows: ...
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How do I reorder vertices in a graph?

I have a directed acyclic graph $g$, and I'd like to re-order the vertices in this graph object such that when I call VertexList[myGraph] the vertices appear in ...
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Issue with PathGraph

I am having a strange issue with PathGraph. Executing PathGraph[{a, b, c}] or ...
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How to compute the genus of a Graph? [closed]

What's the simplest way to compute the genus of a graph using Mathematica? I have looked for a Genus function (even in the ...
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How to estimate time series from a plot? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Recovering data points from an image Suppose you have a colored plot of several time series (say, from a paper), but not the raw data. How would you estimate the series, ...
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Does Set vs. SetDelayed have any effect after the definition was done?

I was always assuming that the only difference between Set (=) and SetDelayed (...
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Graphics, PlotRange and/or PlotRegion

Consider the following snippet of code: ...
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Prefix operator with low precedence

The question is simple, but I will elaborate on the background as well for those interested in the idea: How to define a new operator with specified precedence value? Background Mathematica was ...
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I was testing the source code of the answers to this question. And when I tried this response and maxed out most of the manipulators, this is what I got. What went wrong that the errors are ...
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NIntegrate failling on floating value

I'm trying to take the following integral NIntegrate[ ((Sin[Q 1]-Q 1*Cos[Q 1])/(Q 1)^3)^2 * S[Q,0.4,2] * Q BesselJ[0,0.5Q] , {Q,0,Infinity}] ...
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Finding long strings of identical digits in transcendental numbers

Introduction Describing the three main streams of present-day mathematical philosophy (formalism, Platonism and intuitionism) in a well-known book, The Emperor's New Mind, R. Penrose says: ...it ...
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Bayesian Inference with Continuous prior distribution

Assume that we have a prior distribution for the probability of success as follows. p = BetaDistribution[6, 14] which we can graph as this ...
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What is the simplest way to set the toolbar of a notebook to an image?

For custom stylesheets, it's nice to have a graphic banner in the Docked Cell. According to the doc page tutorial/IntroductionToToolbars, this is how you do it, but it seem a bit overkill: ...
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Problems with txt-export under Macintosh

I exported data form Mathematica to txt-format on my Mac. When opening the txt-file on a Windows-System the file does not appear as on my Mac (see screenshots). Code: ...
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What is the fastest way to find an integer-valued row echelon form for a matrix with integer entries?

Let me begin by saying that this is my first post on StackExchange. I apologize in advance if I unwittingly break any of its unwritten rules of etiquette. Recently, I've been trying to understand an ...
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DistributeDefinitions not working for compiled functions

This is fixed in Mathematica 9.0.0. I'm having trouble with parallel evaluation of compiled functions. Here is a simple example illustrating the problem: ...
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I need to move all the variables(x,y,z) to one side of an equality for the equation of a plane

I have 5(x-1)-(y+1)-(z+1)==0. If I use FullSimplify on it it returns 5x==7+x+y. This is not ...
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Combining plots (almost there!) [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: 1 Plot, 2 Scale/Axis I aim to combine two plots in which the YY axes have different scales: one goes PlotRange->{0,100} while the ...
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Mathematica Library Link : How to use non standard 'mint' e.g. 'unsigned int' or 'long long int'

I use Mathematica 8.0.4 on Mac OSX 64 bit, and gcc as C compiler. I am trying to write a LibraryLink function that deals with large positive integers i.e. greater than $2^{31}-1$. By dealing with, I ...
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Vertices, their labels, and how to refer to them?

In the examples I have seen, graph vertices in Mathematica are usually explicit small integers. However, Wolfram documentation says that vertices can be any arbitrary expression (eg., george, x^2, ...
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ShearingTransform and Dynamic

Background: I have a geometric transformation composed of a RotationTransform, ScalingTransform and ...
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Why can't Mathematica “Solve” my equation?

I am trying to get Mathematica to solve the following equality in terms of $w_i$ \$\displaystyle \frac{\sum_{i = 1}^{n} x_i }{\sum_{i = 1}^{n} y_i} = \frac{\sum_{i = 1}^{n} ( (\frac{x_i}{y_i}) w_i ) ...
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How can I replace bi-directional DirectedEdge pairs in a Graph with a single UndirectedEdge?

The Cayley graphs produced by Mathematica 8.0's CayleyGraph function represent actions that are their own inverses in an unconventional way: rather than using a ...
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Retrieving duplicates from nested list

Consider the following: data={{1,a},{10,a},{5,b},{4,c}}; In my case duplicates are defined when for {x1,y1} and ...
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Creating a plot without an x-axis and automatic ticks for the y-axis

I am trying to plot a function with specific options for the appearance of the plot. I want the X axis to not show up, and the Y axis to be labeled normally (i.e. numbers outside the plot).. Yet, I ...
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Select a directed SubGraph without sinks and sources

Consider the following problem: Assume you have a large list of directed edges, that constitute a large graph. I would like to provide an initial subset of vertices and I need to know which additional ...
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Automatically use InputOnly style

Some of the built-in Stylesheets (e.g. PastelColor) connect together input and output cells by setting the CellFrame and ...
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Copying Greek text from notebooks as unicode [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to “Copy as Unicode” from a Notebook? How can I copy Greek text from notebooks as proper Unicode that can be pasted into other applications? If I type ...
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How to format dynamic InputField value using NumberForm?

Background: I want all numbers in InputField's displayed as NumberForm[num,2]; Now, consider the following the snippet of ...
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How to show solid bodies using volumetric rendering?

Note: This question was asked when Mathematica 8 was latest release. Version 9 has built-in support for volume rendering through Image3D. There's an example on ...
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Construct 3D image from multiple 2D images

My goal: How to (1) construct 3D image for visualization. (2) how to write 3D array or image into binary raw file. Is there a way to accomplish this in Mathematica? Alternative_Answer for: ...
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How to create blurred Graphics3D objects?

Initially I was interested in renderring a 3D analog of a blurred disk like this ...
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PaneSelector and options in a Module

Consider the following snippet of code: ...
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ShowLegend values

How do I get ShowLegend to put the max and min values that a plot produces. for example, when using ListDensityPlot, with ...
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Is it possible to add an entirely new menu, say menu "CustomApp" on the fly? For example a CustomApp package could add its own menu "CustomApp" with submenus, ect, once Needed. Former examples I ...
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Can styles be exported in EPS as simple text tags for use by LaTeX's psfrag?

Is there a way to export graphics as EPS so that LaTeX can perform style substitutions or modifications on them? I know that it is possible to replace simple text elements in imported EPS files using ...
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Best way to add KeyEvents and faster Quit

Many users have asked how to add KeyEvents to speed/improve keyboard input. This is just a random example. The technique is always the same. It requires that you ...
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Ulam's Spiral with Opperman's diagonals (quarter-squares)

First we craft a function to return the quadrant boundary based on Oppermann's Conjecture a[n_] := (Mod[n, 2] + n^2 + 2 n)/4 Then we create a few lists ...
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How to solve an overdetermined system in Mathematica

I would like to understand the reasons and find a way to avoid such behaviour of the Solve function in Mathematica 8. ...
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How to create a ListLinePlot with a layout analogous to ChartLayout -> “Stacked”?

I am using 3 checkboxes as desktops, portables and ipods in such a way that when I click to desktops it should shows ListLinePlot of ...
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How to create a notebook element that can replace itself?

I would like to create a notebook element that can replace itself. Here's an example to illustrate: ...
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Memory leak in FE?

A very abridged example of what was originally a major leak ...
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How to extrude a 3D image from a binary 2D image

I'm trying to extrude a nice 3D form from the 2D binary image below using the code posted, but I haven't had any luck in figuring out the error that's keeping ...