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Multiple simultaneous events in EventLocator method for NDSolve

I'm using NDSolve to integrate a system of ODEs, and EventLocator to stop the integration when it leaves a certain region in phase space. This works perfectly as it should. However, I've also added ...
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Remove image background of headshot in Mathematica?

For example, using ExampleData[{"TestImage", "Girl2"}]: what's a general way to make the background transparent? I've tried various combinations of ...
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Dynamic lists as function arguments

Suppose I have a function that requires a list is as input. I.e. f[list_]:=DoSomethingWithList Now, if I pass a variable as Dynamic like this ...
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How to change type order in PearsonDistribution?

I need to estimate a Pearson distribution from a batch of tables tab: ...
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Controlling the 2D $x–y$ aspect ratio of a 3D plot

I have some data representing a nested list, each element being composed of 3 real numbers like ...
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The problem I'm facing is how to adapt ColorFunction so that it ranges from green (low values) to red (high values): ...
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3- dimensional plot of 2-dimensional systems of differential equations

Let's take this first example of a 2D output: ...
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AccuracyGoal, PrecisionGoal, WorkingPrecision and NDSolve

I'm trying to understand exactly what WorkingPrecision, AccuracyGoal and PrecisionGoal mean ...
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Can you call a C function that takes function pointers as arguments?

I want to use MathLink to call a function I wrote in C. However, similar to an integrator, it takes a function pointer as an argument and applies it on numbers depending on the other arguments. I ...
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Visualize cluster distances in DendrogramPlot

I want to perform a cluster analysis using the HierarchicalClustering package. Is there a way to display the inter-cluster distances in a dendrogram plot? An ...
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Why didn't Reduce give me the right result?

My code: Clear[r1, r2]; par[r1_, r2_] := r1 r2 / (r1 + r2); Reduce[{5 par[r2, 32000]/(r1 + par[r2, 32000]) == 1.8 && par[r1, r2] == 5000}, {r1, r2}] ...
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Can individual locators in LocatorPane be temporarily disabled?

This follows up on another question about the sensitivity of Locators in a a LocatorPane. I would like to be able to enable/disable individual locators in a LocatorPane. In the simplified version of ...
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Solve matrix equation A*X=X*B using LeastSquares

I want to solve matrix equation A*X=X*B using LeastSquares method, but it is suited for equation like A*X=B. All matrices are 3x3 ...
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Find the dimensions of a cylindrical can that will minimize the cost of the material

A cylindrical can is to be made to hold 1 L of oil. Find the dimensions that will minimize the cost of the metal to manufacture the can. This is a standard calculus problem. The volume of the ...
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Recently I have been working on group theory and I have found checking for associativity for specific Cayley tables to be rather tedious so I wrote a program to do it for me. Most of the time I would ...
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Polynomial expectations of generic distributions

Summary Polynomial expectations depend only moments and cross moments of a multivariate distribution. I would like to use Expectation to compute polynomial ...
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Word Squares and Beyond

A word square is a set of words which, when placed in a grid, read the same horizontally and vertically. For example, the following is an English word square of order 5: ...
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Animation of Differential Equations from NDSolve with ParametricPlot3D and Evaluate

I have a system of differential equations (referred to as "s") and use NDSolve to obtain the solution. I substitute the interpolated functions for the original ...
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Efficiently importing XPM matrix data into Mathematica

The XPM file format is an image file format. Although it is primarily intended for icon pixmaps, it can also be used to store matrix data. For example, the GROMACS chemical simulation package uses ...
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How to get the boolean value of an inequality involving an InterpolatingFunction?

Here's the code: yan = FunctionInterpolation[x^2, {x, -1, 1}]; FullSimplify[yan[x] > -1, -1 < x < 1] Needless to say, what I expect to see in the output ...
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How to use filling in ContourPlot

I want to fill region between different contours, e.g. ContourPlot[{c1 = f1, c2 = f2}, ...] a la the filling options for Plot ...
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Trying to generate a function from InterpolatingFunction with FunctionInterpolation

Here is the code (I'm sorry to give you such a complex code sample but I failed to reproduce the error with a simpler InterpolatingFunction): ...
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What function can I use to evaluate $(x+y)^2$ to $x^2 + 2xy + y^2$?

What function can I use to evaluate $(x+y)^2$ to $x^2 + 2xy + y^2$? I want to evaluate It and I've tried to use the most obvious way: simply typing and evaluating $(x+y)^2$, But it gives me only ...
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Substituting Symbol font for Mathematica's custom font in exported plots and other graphics

Mathematica includes some custom fonts that allow you to use a wide range of mathematical symbols in output. For example, one can write: ...
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How do I transform a rasterized graphic's coordinates back to its original ListPlot data coordinates?

From this question I successfully made an elliptical fit for my data. However, when I try and collect the datapoints within the ellipse via this question the coordinates of my ellipse correspond to an ...