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32 questions linked to/from Can we use letter with a subscript as a variable in Mathematica?
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How to assign (and retrieve) variables with subscripts? [duplicate]
I like to give subscripts to my variable names when the variables are related. I.e.,
Subscript[r, i] = 3
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A problem arises when I later assign ...
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Is there a way to use a subscript as variable? [duplicate]
I'm really new with Mathematica, and I could not find a previously question similar to this one.
Is there a way that Mathematica can be made to recognize and treat a subscript letter as variable so ...
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Why is my answer being displayed with "Subscript^(0,1)[a,b]"? [duplicate]
I type in my equations using ctrl+- to make it look nice and my answer outputs in "Subscript^(0,1)[a,b]" form? What is going on? In the answer some bits are displayed with the actual subscripts and ...
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How to prevent function from substituting the part of the parameter name if it has a subscript? [duplicate]
I have the following problem, when defining and using a function, that's supposed to have an outside parameter xmin:
A[x_] := Exp[-x/Subscript[x, min]]
A[5]
E^(...
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Syntax question for declaring variables [duplicate]
I have a very basic syntax question for declaring $X_{hb}$ a variable.
f[Subscript[X, hb_]] := Subscript[X, hb]
In mathematica instead of writing the ...
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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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Clear complains that a subscripted variable is not a symbol or a string?
Here's a small listing where I've used EscqEsc to typeset θ in the notebook:
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Why can't I define vector v as having subscripted elements v_1, v_2, v_3...?
I'm a very beginner in Mathematica 8 programming. While trying to play a little with tensor analysis I encountered a problem. How to define for example vector in such manner:
v={$v_1,v_2,v_3$}
For ...
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bar and hat only apply to certain letters
(I'm navigated from stackoverflow.com where I asked almost the same question)
I'm a beginner in Mathematica. Like shown in the image below, I'm trying to put hat ...
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How to create symbol whose name has subscript?
I can do
Symbol["foobar"]
to create a symbol foobar. How to create a symbol $\theta_1$?
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Save variables values and definition
I used to do a lot of programming in R and recently switched to Mathematica. One thing that bothers me is that I haven't found a way to save variables, their values and definition!
Let's look at an ...
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How to define a vector with automatically added symbolic elements with subscripts
I want to define a vector lets say k containing elements Symbolize[Subscript[k, 1]], k2, k3 ... etc. When I define lets say k4 . I want the symbol automatically added to vector k. Something like ...
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Using Greek letters with subscripts as symbols
I'd like to use Subscript[ϕ, 1] as a function name:
Subscript[ϕ, 1][x_] = C1 + C2*x + C3*Exp[α*x] + C4*Exp[-α*x]
But as I use
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Best way to write an equation with subscripts and superscripts
This post is not about a specific Mathematica problem but about to develop the best way to enter mathematical equations with subscripts and superscripts. I have a ...
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3D plot of multiple functions
I am just starting to learn Mathematica. I defined two functions
Subscript[x, 1][t_, α_] :=1/2 (3 - 2 E^-t + E^t (2 + t) (-1 + α) - α)
And
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