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Possible bug: SparseArray Part assignment loses default value?

fixed in 10.0.2 This sure looks like a bug to me (Mathematica 10.0.0, MacOS): ...
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Plot least squares curve on Linear Log Plot

I have the following Data: ...
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BarLegend changes in Version 10

Apparently, BarLegend in version 10 displays tick legends in scientific notation when they are smaller in magnitude than 0.01. For instance, ...
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Shared variable impacting speed? [duplicate]

I am using a shared variable as a progress indicator ( via SetSharedVariable[counter] and then Dynamic[counter]), to keep track ...
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How to create a real-time dashboard in Mathematica?

I am trying to figure out how to use Mathematica as a real-time interface. I've used Excel/ODBC connection to a SQL database to use the graphing functions within to get my real-time dashboard. I ...
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Set number of columns in text-based interface

Is it possible to set the number of columns in Mathematica's text-based interface? Or disable word wrapping in the text-based interface ? Specifically, my concern is output from ...
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Why do EstimatedDistribution and DistributionFitTest work this way

I am fitting some time-series data to both a stable distribution and a normal distribution in order to assess the goodness of fit of each. Along the way I encountered the following confusing result. ...
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How to get the list of notebooks that are automatically opened when Mathematica starts?

How to get the list of notebooks that are automatically opened when Mathematica starts programmatically? I know a tedious approach is opening option inspector and finding and copying the list out.
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How do I plot points on a sphere using spherical coordinates?

Currently, I have a matrix containing a list of spherical coordinates. Column 1 is r; r=1 for all points. Column 2 is theta and column 3 is phi. Each row is an ordered triple (r,theta,phi). Is there a ...
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Detect each polygons in an image

Considering this image: Is there a way to colorize each tiles independently? My problem is that img = Import["http://i.imgur.com/Y87duSz.jpg"]; Colorize@img ...
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Changing mouse appearance at notebook level

Ideally, I'd like to change the mouse pointer appearance(s) at notebook level, from a styleseet. However, I'd be satisfied only by changing its color. This is the main issue keepeing me away from ...
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Control Manipulate variables inside Manipulate

I have the data for graph nodes as: ...
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Syntax highlighter shows error for Manipulate when it's inside a Block or a Module

I'm putting my new copy of Mathematica 10 through its paces and I noticed a weird change in the colouring scheme that I find very annoying, and I'd like to get some insight into why it's happening. ...
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Defining a sequence slot programmatically

This question is related to: Composition of functions using slots Slot (#) interfering with evaluation Consider a toy example: ...
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Strange behavior of MemberQ, Position

After importing an array of latitudes and longitudes and trying to find the position of some latitudes I was encountered with an unexpected problem since certain values could not be found for some ...
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What is the right way to write a function that includes other functions?

I want to include multiple sub functions: $b(x) = 10x$ $w(x) = s + b(x)$ $c(x) = x^2$ into two main functions: $ua(x) = w(x)-c(x)$ $ub(x) = w(x)-c(x)^2$ As a reaction to this answer, I wrote ...
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Dataset and string conversion, using Internal`StringToDouble

i'm trying to get familiar with the new Dataset-stuff in Mathematica 10. As it will (hopefully) provide some benefit for me, I have started to convert my app to move from list and list of rules to ...
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Mathematica package for supergravity and superstring theory

I am looking for a Mathematica package that can manipulate tensors for supergravity, string theory or M-theory. I am particularly looking for a package that can do spinor and Clifford algebra ...
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Why is SparseArray and InterpolationFunction always grayed out?

In the front end of Mathematica version 10, a new feature was implemented which dims output cells that no longer correspond to its input cells. So when you type ...
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What kind of object results from RegionIntersection function?

I'm trying to use RegionIntersection in a couple of Polygons. The polygons are the following: ...
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WSTP Callbacks into CDF

Essentially, what I am trying to find out is the limitation of the WSTP/LINK protocols in Enterprise-licensed CDF. Specifically, are any callbacks to the kernel from those protocols allowed in CDF , ...
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Mathematica 10 doesn't support path containing Chinese characters

Bug introduced in 10.0 and fixed in 10.0.2 I tried to import file in Mathematica 10 ( windows 7 system), the path contains some chinese characters. After holding ctrl+shift, and drag the file into ...
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Software for effectively modeling gears

Are then any applications for effectively modeling gears in mathematica?
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Mathematica 10 funny bug / Easter egg?

I have no idea what is happening here. I'm using Mathematica 10. I mistyped "FriendNetwork" as "FriendsNetwork" and got a weird result: The option "FriendsNetwork" is not even listed in the help ...
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Plotting legends in contourplot

In Mathematica 8. Given this: ...
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How to make Missing[] invariant for some functions without redefining them

Missing[...] "is a symbolic object, with no default evaluation rules defined." Missing data can be tagged and enables use of filters like DeleteMissing. So it's worthwhile to normalize various types ...
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Mathematica 10 Notebook Fonts Look Bad

Bug introduced in 10.0.0 and persisting through 10.3.0 or later I've upgraded my home installation of Mathematica from version 9 to 10 today on a Windows 8.1 machine, and I'm getting a weird font ...
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Issuing user-defined messages takes a long time (Message is slow)

Issuing messages takes a very long time in version 9 and version 10. Can others reproduce this? Is there a fix? Update: This is slow only when using the front end, but not when running the kernel ...
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BoxWhiskerChart - 10-90th percentile instead of min - max

I am trying to draw a custom BoxWhiskerChart with alternative values determining fences. I have data that has a lot of outliers and I have to compare it to another chart that has 10-90th percentile ...
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Adding a tree to a list of trees within a loop [duplicate]

I'm trying to write a function which for a list of trees checks if a given tree is isomorphic with any of the listed, and if not - adds it to the list. I tried to use both ...
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Apply IC and BCs on Second - Order Linear PDE

I am now trying to solve second - order linear partial differential equation in that interested eq. has been separated into variables to simplify the procedure for Mathematica. Here is my equation; ...
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Implement settable properties

I am looking for advice on implementing the following. (It is possible that the answer is that it is simply not a good idea to do this.) I would like to have an object similar to ...
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Backward compatibility for plugins

Are plugins normally backward comatible? I would like to buy a plugin ready for Mathematica 7 and use it on Mathematica 8.
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Poor (network) performance of Interpreter[“Time”]

I was surprised to see that Interpreter requires external WR resources as this is not documented, at least not here. On a 3Ghz iMac, took ~half a minute to ...
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How can I name and manipulate several Input Fields? [duplicate]

I am completely new to mathematica--and have a very basic knowledge of programming. I would really, very much appreciate it if someone could explain to me how to refer to values entered into specific ...
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TimeSeriesForecast Forecasts

I am trying to make sure I understand how TimeSeriesForecast works. I apologize in advance for the basic nature of this question. I am using Mathematica 10. I ...
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ListPlot[] code for CSV file not working

I have a CSV file with $9$ columns. I want to plot them in the following way. Column $1$ will be along the $X$-axis. Any point $(x_i, y_i)$ of $i$-th curve in the plot will have the $x$ value from the ...
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Using cursors with result sets to reduce memory usage

I have a database table with 900,000 rows and 80 columns per row which I'd like to work with in mathematica. My computations are isolated to each row, so I'd like to stream only a single row (or small ...
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how to define (independent) the scale of x-axis and y-axis?

I want to compare 2 plots, and view that 4 lines are exactly the same tangent. So I would like to view 2 images with the same scale in the y-axis and the same scale in the x-axis How can I do this. ...
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how to find intersection between a parametric trajectoy and a point

I'have a 2d-system of differential equations, analitycally solved, depending on a parameter. I know that, by continuity, there exist a minimum value of the parameter such that trajectory passes ...
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All possible pairs of two items

I have 4 different items {1, 2, 3, 4}. I want to obtain all possible pairs of two of the items. I have written: ...
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Fitting the Plot by fourier Series of either sine or cosine

I have list of data and its plot and I don't know how to fit the plot with fourier series of either sine or cosine. Full Data: ...
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MinGW-64 and CompilationTarget -> “C”: can't make library

I'm trying to set up my new Windows 8.1 tablet to compile Mathematica (9.0.1) functions to C, using the MinGW-64 compiler. I have it set up so that the following works: ...
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Attempt to Run[“inkskape”] fails

I wrote a little script to convert various graphics files (.ps, .eps, .pdf) to the raster ones (.png). Export[out, Import[in], ImageSize -> size] fails for some ...
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What is the definition of FitResiduals

What is the definition of FitResiduals in Mathematica? I could not find its definition in the Mathematica help. Is it the same as chi squared?
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“The function DiscretizeGraphics is not implemented for GraphicsComplex” confusion

Why does DiscretizeGraphics seems to work on one GraphicsComplex and not the other? Here is an example that works: ...
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How do I obtain the Fisher Information Matrix from a data set?

My apologies in so much as this is probably in large part a problem of me not being aware of the necessary mathematics but since this should be a common issue in machine learning and Mathematica now ...
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How can I modify specific key values within a dataset?

Given a dataset, is there a way to modify a value? Example ...