Questions tagged [built-in-symbols]
Questions related to handling built-in symbols and functions, for example why they behave a certain (possibly unexpected) way.
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Error Message for GrammarRules and GrammarApply
I have been struggling with the following issue regarding an irregularity when deploying and applying GrammarRules. Specifically, it often takes several failed attempts before the execution is ...
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InverseFunction cannot evaluate negative arguments
I have difficulty figuring out where my code fails. I want to obtain $\textbf{ry}$ which is the inverse function of rho (see below). When I input positive values for its argument, there's no problem. ...
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Domain specifications for InverseFunction
I have difficulty implementing on how to specify the domain that I want for ry which is the inverse function of rho. The necessary condition is that, $\textbf{ry}$ must remain $\textbf{positive}$ for ...
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How to get the bit size (bit length) of an integer? [closed]
Suppose I have the integer 255, so 11111111 is its base 2 (bit) representation and the bit size of 255 is 8.
How can I calculate the bit size of a (big) integer in Mathematica?
Is there a built in ...
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Operators without built-in meaning are incompatible with parallel evaluation
Mathematica has a useful set of Operators Without Built-In Meanings. For example: CenterDot, CircleDot, ...
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How does Wolfram Language implement for enabling symbols to receive various forms of parameters? [duplicate]
How does the official implement a list/tuple of parameters that can be different in type and quantity as a whole?
After re-read @Szabolcs's and @MichaelE2's comments.
Finally, I accepted the ...
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Why do atomic objects like 56 have a head if they're supposed to be, well, atomic?
This question follows from this one I made earlier.
If you ask for FullForm[4] you will get back 4, and that's fine. ...
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What's the difference between 56 and Integer[56]? [duplicate]
I'm trying to grasp how to Wolfram Language uses symbolic expressions for everything. The concept of doing so makes sense to me, but the language doesn't behave how I predict.
I understand how ...
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Automated (lazy) method to make custom (key-input) shortcuts (not menu items) for letter-like symbols? [duplicate]
The Problem:
I don't know about you, but every time I am trying to do analytical work in Mma, it is rather difficult/cumbersome for me to type the following, here specifically for ...
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Symbolic Resultant Too Slow/Keeps Running
Evalutation of the following cell, which includes the symbolic resultant, of two univariate polynomials in $x$, with parameters $a,b,c$ for the first polynomial (of degree 4) and parameters $d,e,f,g$ ...
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JoinAcross with multiple associations
I would like to use JoinAcross to combine several lists of associations. Extending an example from the documentation, I'd like to do this:
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Apply Expand only to parts of expression
I have the following term:
term = (x AngleBracket[x (-x+Sum[v'[y[j]],j])])/AngleBracket[x^2]+Sum[v'[y[j]],j];
term //TeXForm
$\frac{x \left\langle x \left(\sum ...
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Underflow error General::munfl from E^x instead of Exp[x]
In contrast to earlier versions, Mathematica 11.3 and 12.0 generate lots of underflow errors from my code, e.g.
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Redefining the inbuilt function and its derivative [duplicate]
I want to redefine the DiracDelta functions and its derivatives. I am successful at redefining the DiracDelta function but not ...
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How I can get glyphs from a fraktur font and use them as identifiers?
I would like to use the fraktur-S ($\LaTeX$: \mathfrak{S} $\mathfrak{S}$; Unicode: "U+1D516" 𝔖) as a variable name in Mathematica, but pasting the Unicode ...
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Replacing with pattern on built-in symbols?
I have:
f[a, b] /. f[x__] -> g[x, 0] // InputForm
(* Out: g[a, b, 0] *)
Which is what I expect, but when I use a built in symbol instead of ...
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How to reset a built-in symbol to its default definition?
I'm trying to add functionality to some of Mathematica's built-in functions in a package I'm building. I'm not trying to overwrite any functionality—just add it where it isn't already defined.
I ...
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DisplayForm problem with $\pi$ in FractionBox
The following line produces an output with the text "Pi" displayed instead of the symbol (greek letter) $\pi$.
Code line:
FractionBox[π,2] // DisplayForm
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Who or what is named character Andy?
I suspect \[Andy] was meant to represent a staff member, or at least a person of importance.
I tried the F1-"Wolfram Search", Wolfram|Alpha and a simple ...
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Why does Success[…][key] work and Failure[…][key] doesn't work?
I'm trying to figure out what is a quick way to add error reporting to my user defined functions. I was experimenting with Success and ...
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How to find the list of all the elementary functions in mathematica?
Is there any command to give me the list of all the embedded elementary functions in Mathematica like Cos Sin Cosh Sinh Log and so on?
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Is using Length more efficient than using === as stopping criterion?
I am using
NestWhileList[
f[#, elems]&,
pairs,
Length[#1]<Length[#2]&,
2, Infinity, -1
]
to generate all suitable subsets from ...
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Create library of custom functions [duplicate]
I have been trying to create a library of custom functions that I could just call at the start of every notebook.
For instance, say I want the following functions to be part of the Library, or even ...
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Not comprehending PowerMod
Bug introduced in 10.3 or earlier and persisting through 11.3.0 or later
The bug is not present in 10.0.
By definition, PowerMod[a, 1/r, m] finds a modular rth root of a mod m.
Here's a pair of ...
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CountryData and RailwayGaugeLengths
Looking to see how to extract out just the length for this search:
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From algebraic symbols to symbolic functions
i have a code which gives an output of this kind:
rrr=2*f+1;
Now i define a simple function:
f[x_]:=3*x+2;
How should i do ...
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Mathematica does not recognize NestGraph
When I try to use the built-in command NestGraph, Mathematica doesn't recognize it. So it just outputs whatever I put in without doing anything. Do I need a special package for NestGraph?
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How can I simplify expressions correctly?
the final output of my code gives this expression which i call ttt:
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Substitution of expressions for the output
I have a code which gives this kind of output :
W = Sum[v[j]*b[j], {j, 1, 3}];
AA = (v[1]*b[1] + v[2]*b[2] + v[3]*b[3])*2 + 3 ;
I know that if i want to ...
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Transferring DownValues
I have a code in which I define something like this:
cc[1, 2] = 1;
cc[2, 6] = 12;
cc[3, 7] = 3;
After some manipulation I define a sort of temporary variable ...
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Replacing dot by *?
I am unable to replace dot by *.
Replace[a.a, .-> *]
Is there any solution to get this done?
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Power Function and Non Commutative Multiply
I'm trying to figure out the best way to define a Power function for non commutative multiply that retains some of the regular features of the ordinary power function. As of now, what I've been ...
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What does the $ sign do? [duplicate]
I saw this uses $, but it was not clear what does it do there.
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First evaluate in place all subexpressions matching pattern before substituting result
ReplaceAll[expr, {patt1:>rhs1, patt2:>rhs2, …}] works by looking for and making all possible replacements of subexpressions in ...
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Is there a built-in function to get the centroid of a table?
Suppose I have a table with some data that are 'lumped' around some central location, such as the dummy example
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How to create non-rectangular array with Array?
From the answers to this question, I learned that the recommended way to construct a symbolic sum of terms in an expression is to use Array.
But I'm having a ...
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Low level built-in function to transpose expression (not array) [closed]
I have an expression like this
F[G[1, b], G[3, y], G[4, y], G[5, u]]
that I would like to Transpose to obtain
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Constructing expressions using Sum vs Array[… Plus] vs Plus@@Table[…]
For constructing a sum of terms which are symbolic, I noticed that in addition to
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How to obtain list of Installed Packages loadable by Get (<<)
When Get["MyPackage`"] is executed, Mathematica looks for a package in $UserBaseDirectory/Applications, and it does, it will ...
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Built-in function to know if a list is inside another? [duplicate]
For example, if the function is f[a_List,b_List] then in f[{a,b,c},{a,b}] and ...
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Is there an error pertaining to HypergeometricU function on functions.wolfram.com?
If one clicks on the last of the nine formulas on the Wolfram Functions site, one obtains ...
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any possible meaning to a “terminal” slash (/)? [closed]
I've been directed to the web page
http://functions.wolfram.com/07.31.16.0001.01
The first statement in the formula is
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Crossing a symbol like p, similar to HBAR
Is it possible in Mathematica to cross a symbol like p, similar to h-bar, used to denote the Planck constant?
Picture in case of font problems:
In case of h, we have HBAR, inputted as ESC-hb-ESC ...
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Question related to IntegerPart
I am having trouble understanding the following result:
Through[{IntegerPart,FractionalPart}[{100 4.02}]]
{{401}, {1.}}
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How to take top 10 built-in function
WolframLanguageSymbol has a property named Frequencies, such as
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Is there a PartDelete like there is a TakeDrop
TakeDrop is nice because after taking a subarray, it also returns the remaining subarray. But it is limited in that the part specification can only be ranges, and ...
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Get polynomial terms
Is there a command equivalent to that of Coefficient to get the terms of a polynomial which are a power of the variables?
For example:
func[(x^3 + x)^2]
{x^2, ...
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Functions aren't executed
Can't figure out why Mathematica doesn't want to execute built-in functions? What can be wrong?
Input:
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