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Why command Limit has problem in some examples?

I consider limits of function in Mathematica, using instruction Limit. And I know that Mathematica has problem with computing limit of function for example 1/x when x->0, it returns Infinity. But ...
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Is there a way to Collect[] for more than one symbol in Mathematica 10.0?

This question has already been asked three years ago (Is there a way to Collect[] for more than one symbol?) but I'm not allowed to comment since I'm new at Mathematica StackExchange. The first ...
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Efficient way to perform local Otsu thresholding on image

I have images of cell nuclei that have locally varying intensity distributions. Therefore, I need a robust local threshold algorithm. LocalAdaptiveBinarize works ...
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Bug in MovingMap (breaking change between version 10.1 and 10.0.2)?

The MovingMap window spec has been changed between version 10.1 and 10.0.2. Version 10.0.2 ...
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How to generate a random, relatively prime number to p?

I'm sorry if this is an obvious question, but I'm a newbie and googling didn't help me much. Is there a way in Mathematica to generate a number q coprime with ...
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calculate variance of conditional sum of Normals

Let $\quad W \sim N(\mu_0, \sigma_0^2), \quad X_1 \sim N(\mu_1, \sigma_1^2), \quad X_2 \sim N(\mu_2, \sigma_2^2)$ denote independent random variables, and let $c$ denote a constant. I want to find ...
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3D scatter plot with labels [on hold]

I am doing 3-D scatter plot with labels and using the following code ...
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How to export to iwork's numbers format?

I have a matrix with images down its first column and I'm trying to export to a spreadsheet in Apple's Numbers (see the screenshot below). I've never tried this type of export before, any ...
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Combining memoization and SlotSequence

I found myself writing memoizing code like this: ...
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How do I plot a filled cylinder in 3D?

All, I'm trying to plot a filled cylinder in 3D using Graphics3D and then take 2D slices of said cylinder. I know that Cylinder is officially 'filled', but the 2D ...
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Loop over elements of list and output to table [on hold]

I have little experience with flow of control in Mathematica and the following task seems daunting to me. I need to evaluate the same set of expressions to all the elements of a list, and then output ...
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Help in evidencing a region (circular) of a .tiff image and cropping all the rest of the image

I'm asking for the community help since I have problems in cropping an image. I'm having LEED images which are 576*720p, which are made by a big black region at which middle I have the image I'm ...
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How to use ScheduleTask in a dynamic module? [duplicate]

I have a little timer widget that times two separate tasks: It is simple enough, but I can't see why it's not working. Am I not understanding the connection between ScheduleTasks and Dynamics? ...
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What is the purpose of Refresh? [duplicate]

I never quite understood the point of Refresh. Why would I do this: Dynamic[Refresh[DateString[], UpdateInterval -> 1]] when it is the same as ...
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Why don't products of Dirac deltas integrate correctly?

The integral $\int \int \ \delta(x) \delta(y) \ dx dy=1$ evaluates to 0 in Mathematica ...
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How can I easily visualize density plots with singularities with the least loss of detail?

I'm trying to visualize electric fields. StreamPlot is helpful: ...
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Mean duration between two specific data points

I have dataset such as: ...
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How can I export a notebook into multimarkdown?

Mulitmarkdown (.md filetype) is a very nice document format that supports rendering mathematical expressions like latex or mathml, rendering syntax highlighted code blocks for any language, as well as ...
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How to combine selected out cells into a list? [on hold]

I have a loop that was printing out results, and now I'm left with many cells in different sections and I need to combine them (the values in them) into a list I can work with. For example, applied to ...
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Dice expirements and random variable? [migrated]

Suppose I define a random variable X such that it represents the sum on the dice thrown. Now there are two ways to do the experiment 1) I use 2 dice, note their individual Xi (R.V) and then find ...
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Two bit strings represented as lists – how to color differing bits as red while printing?

Assume the following code generatedMsg = {1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0}; transmittedMsg = {1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0}; Now, I want to print out something along these lines:  ...
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How to plot the graph of the equation F[x,y]=0 if y is real number, x is complex? [on hold]

I have an equation F(x,y;a,b,c,...)=0, where x and y are variables, a,b,c,... - parameters. y is a real number, x - complex. For every given y I need to solve this equation, i.e. to find Im(x) and ...
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How to monitor parallel mapping a function over a list? [duplicate]

For instance, how to monitor the progress of ParallelMap[function, list]?
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Is there any faster implementation of DominantColors?

The function DominantColors is a simple function but runs incredibly slow when the number n of dominant colors to find is large - it is currently the biggest bottleneck in my code: ...
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How do I print multiple slides per page?

I have a Mathematica 10 presentation (not made by me). The slides are very short and very many. I'd like to print it, but printing 100+ pages each with 2 or 3 equations seems like a waste to me. Is ...
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Define a Mathematica function for f (roots, negative roots, tangent line) Homework questions [on hold]

My real question is part 5. As the exact negative root comes out relatively long with square roots, etc (it is not a simple number), I cannot figure out how to find the y-value for the tangent line at ...
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Why are the labels twitching vertically in TimelinePlot?

Why are labels jumping up and down here: ...
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Unable to Solve (for arclength parametrization)

I am having trouble with Mathematica while trying to re-parametrize a curve with respect to its arclength. I need to get the old parameter s written in terms of arclength a so the code is ...
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Filling graph between lines and plots

I would like to create a filling delineated by the plots and lines as specified below: ...
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Suppressing tiny imaginary parts in complex numbers [on hold]

How do I extract the real part of a substitution expression from FindRoot or Solve? Or alternately, how do I insist that they ...
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Create a list of rules built from data set fields

I want to convert a dataset to a list of features and a list of target values, for use in Predict and also more generally. I know ...
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Solving equations bounded by a region

Straight to the point I have a function ...
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How to change a direction of a point after stroke the edge

Could you explain me how to made my point moves like enemies in xonix game, when the point strokes the edge? ...
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How can I get symbolic orthonormal eigenvectors for 3 by 3 hermitian matrix?

Using the following syntax, I can obtain the symbolic eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the following Hermitian matrix (a,b,c,d are all real parameters): ...
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Strange behaviour of Append [on hold]

I have the following situation and I completely do not understand why the second system can be solved but the first (of the same equations, as it seems) cannot. How is it possible? ...
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How can I give each section a unique <a> tag when I Export as XHTML?

Exporting a notebook as XHTML allows me to override the default HTML tags that are written for section-header-like cells. For example, a notebook cell whose type is "Section", containing text "The ...
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Make a program that does union of two lists

I have to make a program that gives as a result the union of two lists using a For loop. I can't figure out how to inspect if the elements of a list are different. ...
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Bincounting multiple data

I have 5number of single column data files and I imported all of them using data = Table[Import["hist501" <> ToString[i] <> ".txt", "List"], {i, 5}]. Now I want to determine the bincount of ...
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Is there any way to get more info on an error message?

Many times I receive messages but can't find any documentation on what it means. For instance today I got this error: ...
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Is there a way to run Wolfram Workbench in batch mode?

I'd like to profile some Mathematica code to figure out why it's running slowly. Since the code takes about a day to run, I can't use the Wolfram Workbench GUI. Is there a way to run Wolfram Workbench ...
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Problem evaluating function

Hey there I am missing the trick in evaluating following problem so that mathematica first solves the derivative of the legendre polynom and just after that it solves the whole thing for value 1 ...
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Mathematica: issues storing nested list on disk

having trouble with mathematica using nested lists. I want to save a list like this: l1={{a1,{a,b,c,d,e}},{a2,{f,g,h,i}}} So, the nested components do not have ...
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Bug with DateListPlot with ToolTip with NumberForm?

Is anyone able to confirm if this is a bug in version 10.1 on Windows 7 Pro? I am attempting to produce a DateListPlot with ...
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Simple pick up an element from above line [duplicate]

( Did not readily find from Documentation even if used before). NSolve[ 2 x^3 + x ^2 - 5 x + 2 == 0, x] How to collect roots with new labels a,b and c?
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How to change dimensions of a matrix?

I have two sets of data that I'm working with, both of which should be 1024 x 1024 matrices (they're from the same instrument). However, when I go to manipulate them, the dimensions of one are read as ...
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Subscripts in variable names: Bug?

In the following plot, one of the two functions {-par, par} defined by ...
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MinMax function (Mathematica v10.1.0) conflicts with NDSolveFEMMinMax?

Some problem in v10.1.0 (Windows 8.1 x64) and the new MinMax... ...
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Does RunProcess work on Chinese Windows?

I am asking for feedback from people running Mathematica 10.0.x or 10.1.0 on Chinese versions of Windows. Does the following command work or does it give \$Failed? ...