# All Questions

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### I need help to solve this problem [migrated]

Let $m,n$ nenegative integers and $m>n$. Find polinom $g(x),r(x)$ from the ring $R[x]$ such that $x^m -1 =q(x)(x^n -1) + r(x)$ , $r(x)=0$ or $deg(r(x))<n$. In which case $x^n -1|x^m - 1$.
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### SemanticImport unable to properly read an Excel file with accented letters

Apparently SemanticImport fails to properly import Excel files when accented letters are present in the first (header) row. I'm using Excel 2013 on Windows 8.1 x64 ...
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### Numerical integration: complicated 2D integral seems to be poorly estimated

In the course of some physics research I've been working on, a very annoying integral has appeared that I'm having difficulty evaluating numerically. Any help you could offer would be greatly ...
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### Permanently rounding numbers/values to a given number of significant figures

I am searching for a simple way of rounding and setting an input to a desired number of significant figures. There are a vast number of posts that discuss similar problems, but none address this ...
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### Is there a notebook to create entries for OEIS?

Is there a notebook to create entries for OEIS? I seem to recall something like this a few years ago, but I haven't been able to find one. It might be from MathWorld. Any suggestions? Edit If I had ...
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### Hiding a Manipulate slider

I want to generate a different random initial condition for rule 110 using a Button for Manipulate, not a slider. How can I make the slider invisible here? I tried specifying ...
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### How to efficiently get a list like this?

I want a function myfun that generates list like this ...
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### Problem with control structures on getting root values on array [on hold]

Since mathematica control structures are a bit different from programming languages that I'm familiar with , I'm having problems. I want to assign the roots of a function to an array , but check if ...
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### Maximize[Cos[x - 1], x] is not evaluated

No explanation needed: Maximize[Cos[x + 1], x] Maximize[Cos[x - 1], x] producing ...
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### Possible to dynamically redraw single plot of multiple shown together?

I am attempting to create a tool to visualize gradient, eigenvector, and eigenvalue information for a 2D surface. I want to show a contour plot of an inputted function and overlay the gradient and ...
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### Polynomial expansion of operator

I am new to Mathematica, I am trying to generate the polynomial function of a operator. So for example, the operator $L$ is $\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial f}{\partial y}$, and I want ...
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### CurrentImage returns almost fully black image

On Mathematica 9.0.1.0, Windows 7 SP1 Calling CurrentImage[] returns a black image, with a few non-black pixels near the top of the image, which may be some kind ...
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### Strange behavior with Show command

I enter this: ...
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### Is the divergence between Round and setting an explicit precision intentional or a bug?

Introductory remark: I take it (from Mathematica's online documentation), that Precision is effectively the number of significant digits, as seen by the system. ...
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### LineScaledCoordinate problem for exact coordinates

Edit: Confirmed bug. CASE:2326540. Solution: Wait and use N meanwhile. I've faced this problem writing an answer for ...
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### Using map projections with astronomical data

I noticed that all important "Geoprojections" are available in projections for a spherical reference models: GeoProjectionData function; 1 - I am trying using the sinusoidal projection for ...
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### ControlType -> None Vs. Module inside Manipulate (i.e. making everything local)

I'm building a program on another one made available in the Wolfram Demonstration Project. I've noticed that in the original code (working flawlessly) many variables were made local inside the ...
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### Animate point go round a triangle

How can I animate a point moving on triangle sides? I can generate traingle and point but I have no idea how to define point movement. I'm guessing that I have to use sin and cos in coordinates but I ...
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### How do I plot 3 (x,y,value) on a Histogram3D[] function?

I have been trying to plot data using the Histogram3D function but I've had no luck, in excel I have x, y and a value I want to plot for each pair, do I have to save this as a data file first? I have ...
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### how to solve line and ellipse equations in 3D? [closed]

I have a point and a vector to find the line equation, and ellipse equation in 3D. I need to solve the two equations of line and ellipse in 3D. how can I do this, what equations should I use?
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### Proving large inequality in 6 variables

I have arrived at a very large inequality in 6 variables that I would like to prove is true. The command I have tried is the following: ...
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### Preventing complex term in a differential equation solution

I am solving the initial value problem: $$y'=\frac{t+1}{t(t+4)},\quad y(-1)=0$$ I believe the correct answer is $$y=\frac14\left[\ln(-t)+3\ln(4+t)-3\ln 3\right]$$ with an interval of existence ...
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### Import table from txt file with specific rows

I have a .txt file written as 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 I would like to import it as three matrices according to the rows. I used b = Import["d:\am.txt", {"Table", Range[1, 2]}] Seems it ...
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### How can I get all solutions of a system of equations with Reduce?

The post What is the difference between Reduce and Solve? discusses the difference between Reduce and Solve. Now, with the ...
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### How to “reduce” a probability distribution satisfying certain conditions [migrated]

I will try and explain the question I have in term of an example. I am given some probability distribution $f$, in this case of 2 variables x and p, $f(x,p)$. For example, I can pick the ...
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### Unable to fit function convolved with NIntegrate with FindFit even with NumericQ

I am attempting to fit to the convolution of a simple function with a Gaussian. (I realize this could be done with Convolve also, but I thought I could make it go faster this way). I am able to ...
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### Probability of multivariate normal being positive on each coordinate

How can I find the probability that each coordinate of a specified multivariate normal distribution is positive? I tried the following, which I believed should work ...
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### Boundary sphere partial differential equation

I am trying to solve partial differential equation in spherical coordinates $(\theta,\phi)$,but I don't know how to properly include boundary conditions of $\theta$. For $\phi$ it is periodic, but ...
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### Is there any strategy to have a compiled version of FindFit or NonlinearModelFit?

Disclaimer: This is not a precise question with a definite answer. I know that neither FindFit nor NonlinearModelFit is in the ...
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### Graphics3D loses interactivity in Dialog window

Is there a way to keep Graphics3D objects manipulable when they are embedded in a Dialog window (CreateDialog,...
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### Fick's Law over Implicit Regions

I'm trying to solve 2D Fick's law of diffusion from the boundaries of a triangle (future shapes will include more complex implicit regions). I'm able to model diffusion without time in complex ...
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### $3\times 3 = 6 + \bar{3}$ in Mathematica?

Can Mathematica handle this type of algebra, which is used very frequently in e.g. particle/nuclear physics? That is, I want to decompose a product of representations (in $SU(N)$ say) into irreducible ...
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### For a given expression: if it appears, remove it, but if it is absent, add it

While reformatting Szabolcs's code from (42660) I noticed this interesting operation: ...
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### Good sources of programming exercises for learning Mathematica programming? [duplicate]

I'm learning Mathematica programming. I wonder if there are any good sources of programming exercises particularly suitable for practicing Mathematica programming.
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### What is the command for the shortcut _? [duplicate]

I was trying to look up what _? does but I couldn't find anything in the documentation and it's hard to look up symbolic strings because most search engines use these symbols internally.
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### ParametricPlot3D plot n functions [on hold]

Below is the code I am aiming to get, however I do not know how to have mathematica dynamically generate code to create n numbers of {..., examplefxn[[n]], ...}, ...
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### Using colorData and BarLegend in ListPlot

I read lot of questions about this issue, mainly: the stack code So,I tried create a list plot with bar legend , using the following code: ...
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### Why returning False? [closed]

Can anyone explain the false? I'm trying to grab co-efficient in front of X^2 I think. I say I think as I'm following my tutors example using his screenshot the only difference between his question ...
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### linear combination of successive elements in a list

Say I have a list $E$ and want to build a list $F$ with the entries $F_j=E_j-2E_{j-1}+E_{j-2}$. I know that this happens to be achievable by iterating the function ...
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### Image3D with values outside of the range [0,1]

I am writing some functions in Mathematica for representing MRI anatomical image volumes. The natural way to represent such a volume seems to be as an Image3D form. However, I've noticed an ...
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### SumConvergence fails in version 10

SumConvergence[(-1)^(n + 1) ((Cos[n^2] + Sin[n + 2])/7^n), n] Mathematica fails to provide a result (true/false) but wolfram alpha works. What should I do ? It ...
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### Rendering a 3D volume with Image3D

I have 2D JPEG images, of 1024 x 1024 pixels, corresponding to a 500 x 500 square micron section. These images are taken from slices of tissue, each slice seperated by 10 microns. I've been trying to ...
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### Showing an output without square brackets

Suppose that an output is which could be obtained from, for example, D[f[x, y, z], x] / D[h[x, y, z], x] I'm looking for a way to show it without the square ...
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### Get the complement date range

Suppose that I have a date range list drlist = {{"2015-01-01", "2015-01-05"}, {"2015-01-07", "2015-01-07"}, {"2015-01-12", "2015-01-23"}} ...
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### Definitions are not distributed to parallel kernels

I have a small package with utilities, which looks like that: ...
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### Compress uses too much memory and sometimes crashes the Kernel

Using Compress is a good idea to save memory when working with large expressions. The problem is that Compressing large expressions also uses a large amount of ...
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### How can I run a Normal Boundary Intersection method? [closed]

I have a constraint optimization problem. I want to convert it to a multi-objective mathematical programming problem (Multi-objective optimization , vector optimization). I need to run Normal Boundary ...
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### Using Jacobi Method [closed]

I am solving matrix with Jacobi method on Mathematica 5.2 Got problem, It needs to be 40 iterations, Initial approximation is x1=0, x2=0, x3=0 Please help to fix it. In[14]:= !(* RowBox[{( (Q5) ...
In delving into Ramanujan summation, I'm trying to get a hold of the relations of the form \sum_{n=0}^\infty f(n)=\dfrac{h\frac{d}{dx}}{{\mathrm{e}^{h\frac{d}{dx}}}-1}\int_{0}^\infty ...