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What is the right place for user-defined init.m?

What is the right folder to put a file init.m which is run after all other init.m files applied by the various components of Mathematica have done their job? I would like to use it to do something ...
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Change string date/time to be understandable for mathematica

I'm trying to convert a string of a data and time to be understandable for mathematica (I want to make time related plots). However, I can get my head around how to do this. For example: ...
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How does Mathematica use system environment variables?

Is there a common way in which environment variables are accessed, stored, or used by the kernel? Some standard practice used by Mma programmers? There are built-in functions for querying and setting ...
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Generate a sequency of names such as a1, a2, a3

How do I generate the sequency {disp1, disp2, disp3, ...}? I tried the following but it didn't give me what I expected: ...
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How to create a function like in Python

I want to call a function that would perform a function rather than assigning an expression to them. I.e. ...
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How to make a real number parameter go 2 decimal precision?

im new at community and im starting with mathematica I am now having a trouble with something very simple problem which for many of you might be really obvious In documentation "N" suppose to give me ...
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How can I conveniently call igraph through RLink?

Mathematica has lots of functions for working with graphs, but this functionality is not yet as mature as the igraph library. It is useful to have access to igraph from Mathematica, both for ...
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How to Plot with different styles different InterpolatingFunction [duplicate]

Im sorry for this question I'm new and it may be a stupid question, but I can't find nothing specific. I have these differential equations and NDSolve give me ...
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Autocorrelation issue

I am analysing time series and want to know if it is autocorrelated. I use AutocorrelationTest[data, 1] and get The data contains ...
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Mathematica 10 Endnote 7 with mac

Given the new updates, are EndNote 7 and Mathematica 10 compatible in mac?
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Exporting Code to pdf

I want to export Mathematica Input and Output code to pdf (for usage with Latex). I select the cells and use "Save selection as". However, the font size of the pdfs is to large for Latex usage and if ...
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Obtaining joint distributions and conditional distributions using Mathematica

I have two multivariate Gaussian distributions $p(x)$ and $p(z)$ with mean vectors $m_x$ and $m_z$, and covariance matrices $\Sigma_x$ and $\Sigma_z$. my model is a simple linear model $x = W z+n$ ...
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NMinimize ignores constraints

I have a problem with NMinimize - I try to minimize quite a complicated function and use a couple of constraints (the way it is shown in the documentation). Now, ...
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Can you import/include a header file in Mathematica?

I use a lot of physical constants and would like to put them into an include file (like blah.h in c) and import this / include it at the top of my worksheets. Is this possible? Thanks.
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Plotting function with small values in Mathematica [on hold]

I've got an issue in Mathematica, just can't figure it out, I've looked on any reference I have available. I am doing something basic, need to plot two functions together. However, my plot shows ...
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Is there something wrong with VertexConnectivity

As I noticed in the documentation VertexConnectivity is defined as the following The vertex connectivity of a graph $g$ is the smallest number of vertices whose ...
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Manipulate showing the trajectory of a particle

I'm trying to plot the trajectory of a particle: ...
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Finding volume of a segment

I'm still pretty new to Mathematica, so I would like to seek advice regarding a geometrical problem. I am currently trying to define that as an extra condition in the Mathematica code below. ...
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ListContourPlot in V10

It seems that I obtain different results when using ListContourPlot under V9 and V10. Using this datafile http://pastebin.com/2p4ew0NJ (modified to use pastebin), ...
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Can (compiled) matrix permanent evaluation be further sped-up?

Update II  Sample code for simulating boson-sampling experiments has been added (as an answer). This code exploits new Mathematica capabilities relating to both empirical and smooth ...
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Is there a summation notation for the sum of products made two by two? [migrated]

I have the following expression: $$x_1x_2+x_1x_3+\dots+x_1x_n+x_2x_3+x_2x_4+x_2x_5+\dots+x_2x_n+\dots+x_{n-1}x_n$$
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Compile with modification of arguments' values

Is it possible to compile while changing the value of the arguments the function receives, instead of just creating new variables, and then returning those new variables,i.e., is it possible to pass ...
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Mathematica Package for Bayesian Networks

Are there any packages that allow the simulation of Bayesian Networks with Mathematica? I found what seemed to be a promising package (Dynamics) on a Brown University URL, ...
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Define a Recurrence Table involving other tables

I'm relatively new to using Mathematica. Previously I used Matlab, but lately I noticed that the numbers i got in both of them do not match (mostly it seems that Matlab lacks precision...). The ...
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Mathematica data structures for analysis [on hold]

I'm starting to learn Mathematica and one thing that has been bugging me is the apparent lack of a good structure for keeping data and metadata for analysis. Something along R's ...
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Why doesn't FullSimplify simplify expressions with DiracDelta?

I want to simplify a complicated expression with some Dirac delta distributions, but FullSimplify does not do what I want. Specifically, I want ...
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What are the most common pitfalls awaiting new users?

As you may already know, Mathematica is a wonderful piece of software. However, it has a few characteristics that tend to confuse new (and sometimes not-so-new) users. That can be clearly seen from ...
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using numerical value of NDSolve solution

I have two differential equations solved using NDSolve ...
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Why doesn't this pattern work? [on hold]

I want the in-built function Count to count the elements in a list which are greater than a value. Example: Count[{1, 1, 2, 3}, (# > 1.5) &] Why doesn't ...
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Minimization of a non-linear objective function subject to linear constraints

I have solved a linear program in Mathematica using the LinearProgramming function with arguments of the form LinearProgramming[c,m,{{b1,s1},{b2,s2},...}] i.e. ...
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How do I format the output to include the function definition?

To explain, I do most of my probability homework in Mathematica, and use the typesetting built into Mathematica to finish answers. Often, I want to output a function as the answer to a problem, but I ...
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How to take derivative of a tensor leading to kronecker delta? [duplicate]

I'm trying to write a Mathematica program to find derivatives such as the following simple example: Could you please help?
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Find all roots in range

Is there any way to check for all roots in a range? Jens' findAllRoots function is pretty good, but runs at approx. 10% of roots missed when I ran a quick check on ...
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Colorize Grayscale Image

I have a grayscale image that contains two objects. The grayscale pixel values can be divided into three intervals where two of them represent objects and the third represents the background. The ...
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Check if two lists are equal in any order

Suppose I have two lists, how can I efficiently check if the two lists are identical up to permutations of the elements? For example I would like the function to output: ...
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Change of basis for a rank 3 Cartesian tensor

I have a Cartesian tensor $\chi_{ijk}$ and I want to express the elements in terms of a new basis to get $\chi_{ijk}^\prime$. The transformation is represented using $a_{ij}$. The tensor transforms ...
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What is the real default CellEvaluationFunction?

The default CellEvaluationFunction is Identity but one can quickly see that this is handled specially as an equivalent function, ...
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Is garbage collection broken in version 10.0.0?

Bug introduced in 10.0.0 and fixed in 10.0.1 In version 10.0.0 under Windows I am observing the following behavior: ...
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Strange behavior of BinCounts

Bug introduced in 8.0 and fixed in 10.0.0 Just try this example: ...
Bug introduced in 7.0.1 or earlier and fixed in 10.0.0 I have a fairly simple $3\times3$ complex matrix,  M=\left( \begin{array}{ccc} \frac{7}{2}-\frac{i}{2} & -1+i & \frac{1}{2}+\frac{5 ...