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In a Manipulate[], control timing of Autorun

I've made a gauge like instrument that will get used to prompt someone to maintain rhythmic breathing patterns during heart/brain coherence training. ...
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How to force Pane to always scroll to end of content? [duplicate]

Mathematica seems to know about the actual end of content position in a Pane if given large enough (but not too large$^1$) initial position value. Here, the ...
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Dashed mesh behind 3D object

I am trying to create a simple, almost transparent 3D sphere with a mesh that is made of solid lines if they are on the front surface (i.e. if they are directly visible) and of dashed lines if those ...
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Color function doesn't span the whole color range in MatrixPlot

In matrix visualization, for instance, MatrixPlot[{{1, 2}, {3, 4}}, PlotRangePadding -> 0, ColorFunction -> "Rainbow"] the color map does not cover the ...
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Mathematica Presentation Cell Formatting

In one of the Mathematica (v9) slide templates, they have an example cell that looks like this: Where there is a "SideCaption" that appears to be the Mathematica-equivalent of a text box to the ...
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How can I make points “glow”?

I have a set of points in the plane which I would like to have "glow". I would like for each point to glow individually and I would also like some increase in the intensity corresponding to an ...
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Creating a graph with variable size of vertices and variable thickness of edges

I'm trying to create a graph to represent transitions between different states of a system. I would like to represent the time the systems spent in a state with the size of the vertex and the ...
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Closed form for convolutions of random variables

Is it possible to get Mathematica (9) to calculate PDF's for combined distributions? I can't seem to find the right notation, if this is possible at all. My attempts: ...
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Dropping n consecutive terms from a list periodically

Suppose I have the following list lis = Range[100]; and I want to remove n consecutive terms periodically from the list. For example suppose I want to drop terms ...
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MixtureDistribution in Mathematica 7

Is it possible to use a mixture of several distributions in Mathematica 7.0? Consider for example the following code : ...
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Generating “Penrose-style” drawings of surfaces

In The Road to Reality there are plots of surfaces that use a variable density of dots to suggest curvature. You can see some examples here and here. I suppose they've been drawn by Penrose, but ...
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Running a Numerical Simulation on a System of Differential Equations with unique initial conditions

I have a system of differential equations as follows: ...
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ListPlot with labels that appear when the pointer goes over the points

I would like to generate a ListPlot with labels that appear when the pointer goes over the individual points. Specifically, I have a table of dimensions ...
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Graph and manipulate DSolve result

Given a DSolve example: ...
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An issue regarding Eigenvalues function [closed]

Can anybody please kindly explain to me why the members of the output vector produced by the following example are not equal to zero? ...
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Troubleshooting an NDSolve::ndfdmc error message

Τhe following code ...
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Using only two colors in a ListPlot3D

The data I have given here will plot the data in ListPlot3D function and gives the visualization of bars on the plot. I want to customize the color for the bars in ...
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How can I check which file is modified in specific directory?

I want to find which files are recently modified in a specific directory. For this purpose, I wrote a function named Test. The function's argument is ...
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Extracting information from list

I have a huge list that looks like this: ...
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Counting the number of a specific type of permutation

In the theory of cumulants of vector-valued random variables, the following types of formulas appear: \theta^i \theta^{jk} [3] = \theta^i \theta^{jk} + \theta^j \theta^{ik} + \theta^k ...
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Issue with ListConvolve

I am a new Mathematica user, learning the intricacies of functional programming. I have issues withe applying a function over a moving list. My function seems to work and give correct results but it ...
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Evaluating FindRoot at different starting points on a grid

I'm trying to evaluate the roots of a complex function at different starting points on a grid using Do[Do[FindRoot[g[z], {z, j + k*I}], {j, 10}], {k, 10}]. However, ...
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How to transform Do loop to more efficient codes?

I'm new to Mathematica. Here is my original program: How to rewrite the Do part? ...
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Which DirichletCharacter is KroneckerSymbol?

If $d$ is a fundamental discriminant, KroneckerSymbol[d,n] is a Dirichlet character modulo $|d|$. Which one is it? If $d>0$ is a prime $\equiv 1\bmod 4$, then ...
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Detect Standalone CDF vs Browser Plugin environment [duplicate]

Recently, Wolfram informed me that there's no way to have a Print button in a CDF running within a plugin environment since the plugin does not interact with the operating system. If you have a way to ...
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Distribution of random points in 3D space to simulate the Crab Nebula

I'm generating some 3D models of planetary nebulae and supernova remnants for Celestia, a free OpenGL astronomy software. Currently, I know how to do it with random points inside a spherical shell. ...
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How stretch curly brace on multi-line text?

What's the cell option (or other technique) to use to stretch the curly brace that one typically uses in traditional math to group several displayed equations? Like this: And is there any better ...
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How can I add a background to a stylesheet?

In version 9 we can set the background to an image, however I'd like to save this into a stylesheet that can be installed.
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How can I create CDF applications which adjust their screen dimensions based on the end-user's display configuration?

I am trying to make a CDF application that takes the user's system information (screen information) and adjusts the size of the application to give a seamless experience over different screens with ...
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Is there an $n^{\text{th}}$ root function in Mathematica?

Is there a way to find $\sqrt[n]{x}$ with Mathematica beside of x^(1/n) as this is something different, because this is not always the same (-1)^{\frac{2}{4}}=i ...
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Find the a factor of an integer which is nearest to another integer

If I know two integers $n$ and $m$ and $m < n$, how can I find two different integers $x$ and $y$ that are nearest to $m$, and satisfy Mod[n,x]==Mod[n,y]==0 ? ...
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Reduce the output from tuples by including symmetry?

I need all the possible 3x3 binary tensors, but I'd like to have this account for symmetries. I've started by using the Tuples command. Tuples[{1, 0}, {3, 3}] ...
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Interpolating a Bivariate Polynomial over a Finite Field

Let $F=GF(p)$ be a finite field, $p$ prime and write $F^\times=\{x_1,\ldots,x_n\}$. I'm trying to implement an earlier version of Sudan's list-decoding algorithm for Reed Solomon Codes ...
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How to paint part of DateListPlot?

My graph is about fires (burned area) over 12 years presented in one Date List Log Plot. Because most of fires are in summer (as expected) I would like to highlight that with different background ...
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How can I keep a plot's filled area from obstructing other lines when exported as EPS?

I am plotting several functions, some of which have fillings. After I combine all the functions together on a plot and export the plot to an EPS file, the fillings obstruct other lines. Exported PDF ...
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Increasing the size of numbers in a legend bar

I would like to know how you go about increasing the size of numbers which appear in a legend to make them larger than the default (which is too small for publication purposes). Example: ...
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Output Export in Mathematica

I have a command line that generates lists as output and is running in a loop, so generates, multiple long lists. Each list is to be exported as a .txt file. How can I automate the name generation of ...
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Sum of positive terms gives negative answer

Mathematica evaluates Sum[((n - y - 1)*(n - y)^2*n^y)/y!, {y, 0, n - 2}] as -2 e^n n. This should not be a negative value. ...
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EmpiricalDistribution for Gini Coefficient Runs Slow

I am repurposing code that I found in this blog post (http://datavoreconsulting.com/sports/gini-coefficients-and-the-olympic-medal-race/) to generate the Gini coefficient for other data sets I am ...
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Can I set 'no-go' values in a Manipulate slider?

Is it possible to easily modify a Manipulate such that the slider automagically skips certain values? For example, say I am plotting an equation that's perfectly ...
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How to give axes label to a histogram

I plotted a histogram and I used AxesLabel for labeling X axis and Y axis But it went wrong. How to do it?. ...
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Is it possible to export a live CDF document to PDF in the browser?

I am creating a computable document format (CDF) to embed in an HTML page. I would like to have a button that can be clicked to create/save a PDF of the CDF fromt he browser. The idea is that a person ...
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How to get the determinant and inverse of a large sparse symmetric matrix?

For example, the following is a $12\times 12$ symmetric matrix. Det and Inverse take too much time and don't even work on my ...
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Transform 3D data into 2D color map like Matlab's surf/imagesc

I have a bunch of 3D data (x, y coordinates and values) which is generated in Matlab and I need to render them in a 2D color map with certain axis ranges. Here are the Matlab code and the generated ...
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Efficiently appending points to a NearestFunction

I have a program which works with a list of points (in 3D, but it could be in 1D as well, it won't make a difference). Within a loop, it keeps adding new points to the list. To calculate the ...
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Colors not showing in Graphics3D

The following code works, except that the colors aren't showing in the output. Wh? I probably made a trivial mistake, but I'm yet unable to find it. ...
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Integrate[(1 + x/n)^n*Exp[-x], {x, 0, Infinity}]

I evaluated Integrate[(1 + x/n)^n*Exp[-x], {x, 0, Infinity}] . thinking the answer should be approximately $\sqrt{\pi n/2}$. Mathematica gave me ...