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Rocky Mountains Elevation Cutout

I was wondering whether Mathematica has the data to make a diagram showing a cutout of the Rocky Mountains, showing the elevations from San Francisco, say, to Denver, for example. Something along the ...

graphics geography  
user avatar asked by Nicholas G Score of 9
user avatar answered by creidhne Score of 18

NSolve uses all CPU resources

Is it default setting of NSolve that it uses all my four cores of CPU? Be aware that the following code made my computer non-respondent for about 18 seconds till it ...

equation-solving performance-tuning numerics system-performance  
user avatar asked by azerbajdzan Score of 7
user avatar answered by Daniel Lichtblau Score of 8

Finding the asymptotic rate of growth of a table of values

Suppose we define entropy[k] where: ...

mathematical-optimization fitting pattern-matching table patternsequence  
user avatar asked by Arbuja Score of 4
user avatar answered by JimB Score of 3

Strange behavior of Polygon with a hole

I observed a strange behavior using Polygon with Graphics3D in MMA14.1. Here is my example. ...

graphics3d bugs geometry polygons  
user avatar asked by qwerty Score of 4
user avatar answered by cvgmt Score of 3

Solving a matrix differential equation with change of variable

In order to solve $\partial_t X(t) = -i(M X(t) - X(t) M^*)$ (where * is conjugate-transpose), I wrote the following code: ...

differential-equations equation-solving matrix  
user avatar asked by phy_std Score of 4

Coloring a function based on its monotonicity

I have a function f and I would like its graph to be colored based on its monotonicity. Specifically: Warm colors for the regions where the function is increasing, ...

plotting color  
user avatar asked by Kώστας Κούδας Score of 3
user avatar answered by Everlin Martins Score of 2

Finding Jacobian from Hamiltonian

Suppose I am given a Hamiltonian. How do I find the Jacobian from the Hamilton equations of motion? Here is what I have done so far: ...

differential-equations equation-solving matrix physics  
user avatar asked by codebpr Score of 3
user avatar answered by Everlin Martins Score of 1

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

Where is Abbott? How to make logograms from the film "Arrival"?

The film Arrival showed Wolfram Language code in action analysing alien logograms. A recent blog describes some details and mentions a live-coding video by Christopher Wolfam. See also Stephen Wolfram'...

graphics generative-art  
user avatar asked by KennyColnago Score of 20

1 Plot, 2 Scale/Axis

I would like to plot those two datasets on top of each other. But they have very different range on the $y$ axis. How can I have two different axis? I found the following on the help menu but quite ...

plotting customization  
user avatar asked by 500 Score of 164
user avatar answered by ArgentoSapiens Score of 164

Using Export[] sends the file where?

I am trying to use the Export command to convert a list of plots into a *.gif file, and the command runs and executes well, but I can't find the file! Where is it ...

export  
user avatar asked by Patrick Da Silva Score of 49
user avatar answered by Vitaliy Kaurov Score of 61

Is there an open source implementation of Mathematica-the-language?

I've seen questions before such as "What is the best open-source equivalent for Mathematica?", but that specific question (and that line of inquiry in general) cares more about the computer algebra ...

programming open-source  
user avatar asked by sblom Score of 131
user avatar answered by Simon Score of 95

Labeling individual curves in Mathematica

I need to create a plot for export and inclusion in a report. Is there a better way to label curves than PlotLegends? From what I've read and my personal experience,...

plotting legending  
user avatar asked by Tianxiang Xiong Score of 65
user avatar answered by Artes Score of 48

Finding Limits in several variables

Is there a way to find a limit of a multivariable function, like $$\lim_{(x,y)\to (0,0)} f(x,y)$$ with Mathematica? When $f$ is continuous, we can use $$\lim_{(x,y)\to (0,0)} f(x,y)=\lim_{(x,0)\...

functions calculus-and-analysis  
user avatar asked by Dominic Michaelis Score of 34
user avatar answered by whuber Score of 44

xkcd-style Plots

I received an email to which I wanted to respond with a xkcd-style graph, but I couldn't manage it. Everything I drew looked perfect, and I don't have enough command over ...

plotting generative-art  
user avatar asked by Amatya Score of 644
user avatar answered by Simon Woods Score of 508

Can you answer these questions?

How to derive this vector analysis equation?

How to use mathematica to derive this vector equation: \begin{equation} \nabla \times (\mathbf{A} \times \mathbf{B}) = (\mathbf{B} \cdot \nabla) \mathbf{A} - (\mathbf{A} \cdot \nabla) \mathbf{B} + \...

simplifying-expressions vector-calculus  
user avatar asked by Toboraton Score of 1
user avatar answered by Roland F Score of 0

Replacement of strings within lists

i have a string list: lis = {"a",{"b","c"},"d"} ...and would like to replace "c" with "Q", to give <...

string-manipulation  
user avatar asked by Suite401 Score of 1

Poincare section using Hamiltonian formalism

I'm trying to plot Poincaré surface of sections, using Hamiltonian formalism, for a system with 3 degrees of freedom. I have written a code for this. The code provides results for the integration of ...

differential-equations numerical-integration physics nonlinear sow-reap  
user avatar asked by MMS Score of 1
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