# All Questions

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### ContourPlot shows only part of the contours [duplicate]

Consider these contour plots: f[x_,y_]:=Cos[x] + Cos[y] ContourPlot[f[x, y] == 0, {x, 0, 4 Pi}, {y, 0, 4 Pi}] ...
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### How to unprotect GeneratingFunction

I'm trying to add custom downvalues for GeneratingFunction, and to do so I thought I just had to Unprotect it. However, that ...
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### DSolve doesn't find a solution

I have this partial differential equation (G and M are constants): and a solution is: Mathematica doesn't find any solutions. My code for DSolve is: ...
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### Interpolation on large 2D list results in erratic function

Previously, I've had problems with Mathematica interpolating and plotting 3D lists, but I finally managed to do so by rescaling the x and y-axes with the help of the methods proposed here. Now my ...
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### Faster way to convert real strings into numbers [duplicate]

Working with big files, I have to convert some numbers that are in string format into real MMA numbers. I know that I can use ToExpression but it's slow when ...
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### Revolution plot with 2 variable

I'm having trouble with RevolutionPlot3D with two variables. I have this parabola ...
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### How to set default save directory for notebooks?

Based on certain previous questions, I figured that if my NotebookBrowseDirectory looked like this ...
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### Assigning a particular value to array elements

I have an array of 10000 elements. I want to randomly assign energy to these 10000 elements using Gaussian or Exponential distribution, such that each time a particular element is selected its energy ...
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### Eliminate z from two equations in x, y, z and plot y as a function of x [closed]

I have this equation to begin with: $$1 - 3 x y = 5 z - 2 x$$ I want to solve this equation for $z(x,y)$, then plug $z(x,y)$ I plug $z$ inside a second equation: $$y = 7 x z - \frac{z}{x}$$ ...
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### Reflecting the Polya-Aeppli distribution

How would I go about reflecting the Polya-Aeppli distribution in Mathematica about a y-axis (switching left and right) while keeping the command. The distribution will not allow negative parameters ...
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### How to replace subscript symbols

I have an expression with subscripted variables. I would like to replace all those terms with other symbols. For example, $P_1 + P_2^3 \rightarrow P1 + P2^3$ I used the following code but it doesn't ...
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### SetOptions and Cell

I'm trying to change the CellLabel of Cells using SetOptions[Cell, CellLabel -> "test"] or ...
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### Phase portraits and StreamPlot

I typed StreamPlot[{y, x-x^3-0.3y+0.5Cos[1.25t]}, {x, -2.5, 2.5}, {y, -2.5, 2.5}] but all I got was a blank plot. What did I do wrong and can I fix it?
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### Import Excel sheet into 3D array?

I have an excel spreadsheet that I would like to plot in a 3D graph using mathematica. The X and Y values are the location of the cell, and the Z value is the number of the scale. How can I import ...
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### Increasing number of decimal places in Manipulate input

I've made a Manipulate app. in Mathematica where I vary the value of a function f(a) by varying the parameter a. However, I seem to only be able to edit my input for a for a value up to 5 decimal ...
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### How can I obtain the complex root of an equation with FindRoot

I want to obtain the complex roots of some equations that are similar,but each of them has a different condition. this difference is the value of α in these ...
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### My “N” turned red randomly [duplicate]

For some reason my N function showed up in red even though I haven't noticed it in that color before. The color actually makes the code much more readable but I just don't know if I should be alarmed ...
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### How to export a large number of files?

I have a lot of data sets combined in a big list where each data set comprises one first level sub-list. Each data set must be saved into a separate file. The names for the files must automatically ...
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### Using the actual subscript as a variable within thecontext of definitions using the Notation package and Symbolize

I've gotten into the habit of using subscripted variables, invoking the Notation package and Symbolize. Now, I'd like to be able ...
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### Problem with ListVectorPlot3D

I am trying to make a vector plot (3D or 2D) of the following list of 3 vectors. I simply failed to comprehend why I keep getting an error. Neither ListVectorPlot3D ...
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### Nested NIntegrate - NIntegrate::inum: - error

I have the problem quite similar as in: Nested NIntegrate I define two functions: ...
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### How can I make many runs of a simulation and plot all the results with one expression evaluation?

I have many cells, starting with this first cell: ...
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### Plotting multivariable integration

If I have a multivariable integration like NIntegrate[x^2 + y^2, {x, 1, 5}, {y, 6, 10}] But I need to plot its result in terms of ...
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### Why are some Buttons not working in CDFPlayer?

I have two Buttons within a single panel. My problem is that after deploying that panel, the second Button is not working in the ...
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### Importing a stack of images [closed]

I have a stack of images with the file names C0001996_0000 , C0001996_0001 etc. In total I have $600$ images. I would like to ...
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### Symbolic Definite Integration

How do I perform Integrate[Sin[x]^2/(z^2 + R^2 - 2 zRCos[x])^(3/2), {x, 0, Pi}] where z and ...
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### How do I draw a pair of buttocks?

I'm trying to develop a function which 3D plot would have a buttocks like shape. Several days of searching the web and a dozen my of own attempts to solve the issue have brought nothing but two ...
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### QR Code in shopping cart handle

This week, the market people from my work wanted to put QR codes in shopping cart handles, but when they tested it, the QR code did not work. I noted that the cylindrical curvature (even small) ...
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### How to create a new “person curve”?

Wolfram|Alpha has a whole collection¹ of parametric curves that create images of famous people. To see them, enter WolframAlpha["person curve"] into a Mathematica ...
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### How to create hedcut style images?

Yesterday the hedcut style was brought up in chat. How can we create a hedcut-like style automatically in Mathematica, using a photograph as a starting point? I am looking to create a similar ...
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### Getting serious about Mathematica programming

I'm at a point in my Mathematica journey where I need to be a little bit more strategic about my coding. Presently, I have a bunch of notebook files organized using the filesystem of the OS and ...
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### Can Mathematica be regarded as a software prototyping environment?

I am an undergraduate student, starting to use Mathematica to model simple physical chemistry problems, as a prelude to a summer internship in a computational/theoretical chemistry group. The solution ...
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### Learning Finance with Mathematica

Background My math background is strong by CS standards, probably normal by mathematica standards. (i.e. familiarity with real analysis, linear algebra, managed to read the proof of the prime number ...
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### Export Code to Pseudocode?

I'm writing a paper and all my code is in Mathematica. The snippets are mostly simple, and consist of loops, maps, variables, and conditionals. I'd like add it to my paper, however, not many academic ...
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### Quickly look-up usages, options and attributes of symbols

When I'm writing code in the front-end, I find myself very often looking up the list of options of a symbol over and over again in the documentation center. In most cases you find there a list of ...
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### Question about collections of custom GUI controls for Mathematica

Background: I have only recently begun programming GUIs in Mathematica, so I have a continuous need for custom controls. I needed a scrollable list control and with the help of Google I found a ...
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### 3D heatmap density plot

I have a set of data that looks like {{x1, y1, z1}, {x2, y2, z2}, ...} so it describes points in 3D space. I want to make a heatmap out of this data. So that points ...
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### Finding a percolation path

I would like to examine percolation on a random lattice. To be exact, I wish to find the minimum length of a 'bond' needed such that the leftmost site can be connected to the rightmost site. Here is ...
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### Alternatives to Mathematica

Inspired by the recent question Alternatives to LaTeX (currently 58 upvotes) on http://tex.stackexchange.com/: Are there any paid-for or open source alternatives to Mathematica which produce equal or ...
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Using Mark McClure's GPXToGoogleMap results in a HTML and Javascript code which can be viewed by any browser. Is it possible to load this map into the notebook, which obviously means for example that ...
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### xkcdConvert routines perform slower in Mathematica 9

I am experiencing some rather large performance decreases in Mathematica version 9.0 using the xkcd-styled plotting routines. I had used the xkcdConvert code ...
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### Is it possible to speed up ContourPlot on multi-core machines?

It is not very difficult to face a function for which ContourPlot works too slow. And it seems natural that this function can be parallelized well. Anyway, naive ...
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### How can I detect a rectangular region of interest in a picture?

Here is a downsampled input image I converted to greyscale. To select the rectangular region of interest we first preform preprocessing: ...
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### Implementing hexagon binning in mathematica

Hexagon bin plots are a useful way of visualising large datasets of bivariate data. Here are a few examples: With bin frequency indicated by grey level... ..and by glyph size There are packages ...
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### How to improve the performance of solutions to Project Euler (#39)?

This is the problem 39 of Project Euler, which I asked in the chat room two days ago. My original code runs as slowly as snails, and finally I got two answers from JM and Rojo. Unfortunately, both of ...
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### Understanding Pie Chart Annulus generation and alternate style using Disk[]

Background I have been working with a set of data for some time now and I recently decided to change the format. The data is a tree-styled listing of hierarchical names and positions. (* Names ...
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### How to build a bvh player in Mathematica?

How to build a bvh player that can be used to visualize human motions in Mathematica? Any idea or sample code would be appreciated. ...
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### Visualizing the difference between two sequences (strings)

I'm trying to develop a way of comparing two sequences (probably originally text, such as text writing or source code, possibly converted to lists). As a familiar example, consider the revisions ...