Questions tagged [evaluation]
Questions about how Mathematica evaluates expressions, tracing evaluation (Trace*), handling expressions in unevaluated form (Hold*, Unevaluated), nonstandard evaluation, etc.
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Calling a notebook from a different notebook
Basically I have a notebook (let's call it nb1) that when evaluated yields one number when I specify some parameter $\alpha$ (in nb1). I want to call nb1 in a different notebook (nb2) using for ...
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Why does't 'Abort evaluation' properly work when NotebookEvaluate is executed
The following procedure can be easily aborted using Evaluation > Abort Evaluation menu item:
Do[j + k, {j, 1, 10000}, {k, 1, 10000}]
But it is not possible if <...
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Incorrect Function value and Derivative when expression in numerator yields zero
Recently I found that in special cases when the r.h.s. of a function definition is not simplified, and part of the expression in numerator yields zero, the value of the function is incorrectly zero as ...
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Does the position of a comment in a CompoundExpression matter for the result obtained with Out (%)?
I would like to understand what happens when we include a comment at the end of a line that ends with a semicolon.
For example, if you execute
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HoldFirst being overridden by Activate
So here's the problem
a=1;a=2
works because of the HoldFirst attribute of Set, so that it ...
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Evaluating part(s) of a function which outputs another function [duplicate]
I would like to define a function f(n) which outputs another function as follows:
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Evaluation of Extract and use the result in a Sum
I am experiencing a problem in the evaluation of a sum. I hope that someone can help me, I am not an expert Mathematica programmer. I'm posting just the portion of code that gives problems, I know ...
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Strange behaviour (or issue?) in using evaluation of held argument inside a table in Mathematica
I encountered a very strange behaviour on Mathematica using Evaluate on a held argument. Could anyone explain to me what is the subtlety (or is it a bug?)
Here is the expression:
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How to prevent arguments UpValues from being used in selective functions
Ok, I know the simple answer is to set some form of Hold attribute to the function but bear with me for a bit while I explain my motivation and why that is not quite what I want.
I have a collection ...
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Perform localized, evaluation-leak free replacements
Consider the following expression:
expr = Hold[
{
f[
{1, {Print@1}}
],
g[
{{{Print@1}}}
]
}
];
I'm looking for a way to ...
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Getting thet derivative of a user defined function in terms of an auxiliary function
I'm currently struggling with evaluation control when getting the derivative of a function (I dont know if that's the correct term here. Sorry, beginner). My function is of the form
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How to find value of an expression if some cases are given>
I actually need to find the value of x which have 3 cases as follows:
x=0, when x<=0
x=[x], when x>0 and is non-integral
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Force evaluation of user-defined function
Consider a function that sorts its arguments based on a function called order
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Why is my Mathematica notebook resetting all my previous computations after some hours?
I am using Mathematica 11.1. This morning I started some calculations in the hope that when I come back from work, they will be finished and I can get on with the rest of my project. Indeed, when I ...
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Evaluate higher order derivative at some point under some assumptions
I need to evaluate the $k^{\rm th}$ order derivative
D[w[t] w'[t], {t, k}]
which is actually equal to
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How to perform delayed evaluation containing function with Mathematica
I was wondering whether there is a way in Mathematica to evaluate an expression in the most simple form, without any simplifying. For example if we define:
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Parametric function with reference at a central point
Would anyone have any idea how to delete the xy andxyz steps?
I tried using the Evaluate ...
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How to use Evaluate inside function definitions? [duplicate]
How to use Evaluate inside function definition so that is acts as Evaluate only whet function is called?
This is toy exampl, where I want to define function inside another function:
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Why the difference in outputs in different cores?
Executing the code
r = RegionIntersection[Region[Ball[3]], Region[Ball[{1/2, 1/3, 5/6}, 1]]];
Region[r]
in version 11.3.0.0 on Windows 10 32-bit, I don't ...
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What is the the proper way to define a function from an expression?
Say after some long computation we get an expression
expr=x^2
We do not know what the value of expr beforehand.
Now we want ...
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Is there any built-in way to loop over a column/lines?
I have a file as following:
cat data.m
1
2
3
x+y
2 x + 3 y
So it contains rows containing numeric numbers or expressions,
which at this stage is not ...
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Integrating over colors
I'm trying to compute the following integral:
$$\int_{380 \, \mathrm{nm}}^{700 \, \mathrm{nm}}\mathbf{RGB}(\mathrm{Hue}(\lambda))\frac{\mathrm{d}\lambda}{\lambda^4}$$
where $\mathbf{RBG}$ takes in ...
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Find value of expression based on variable equality instead of assignment
I have certain relations or equalities which determine how different variables are related to each other. These relations are meant to be used to further calculate the value of some other expression.
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Cell wierdly auto evaluated when mouse-selecting code through VNC viewer
I have Mathematica 11.3 installed on a Mac. I connect to it from a Windows machine via VNC viewer. Very strangely, whenever I select any piece of code in a cell by clicking and holding my mouse button,...
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Does Mathematica understand dummy variables?
I encountered this problem and was unpleasantly surprised. Let us define a function:
g[x_]:=Sum[x^k,{k,0,2}];
k is supposed ...
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Low precision from function returning matrix
Got a function depending on single parameter "t" defined below which
returns a 2 by 2 matrix
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Evaluate notebook without opening cell groups
I have a notebook with grouped cells, where the input cells are hidden and only output cells open. Is it possible in an easy way to evaluate the whole notebook and preventing opening all groups, ...
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How to stop evaluation of Zeta with even arguments
It could be a duplicate question. However I could not find much after a huge searching.
I have a huge expression in mathematica involving many Zetas.
I want not to evaluate the even Zetas which ...
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HoldForm: Display exactly as entered?
Sometimes, Mathematica's internal representation of expressions can give somewhat surprising results. Specifically, I noticed this when I tried to preserve products of fractions for display.
E.g. ...
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Why isn't my function evaluating to an explicit number?
I'm just wondering why my function is not evaluating as I think it should. I put in the following:
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How to evaluate limit of a user-defined function
Limit[(k/(k - 1)), k -> Infinity]
Gives correctly:
1
But,
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Evaluation control - Hold (?) argument name not argument values
I wanted to produce a list of statistics labelled with the statistic name, for exchange with a database.
I defined
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Inactivate all occurrences of a symbol
I would like to inactivate all occurrences of a symbol to prevent it from evaluating, regardless where in the evaluation process it appears. A minimal example:
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Basic substitution
I am relatively new to Mathematica, so I am sure this is basic, but I lack the basic terminology to be able to google it.
How can I make this command work?
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Trouble with evaluation and Dynamic [duplicate]
I would like to evaluate the gradient of a certain function at position (x0,y0,z0) where x0, y0, z0 are global variables which can get altered in real-time later in the worksheet. The only way I know ...
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partial numerical evaluation
Context
The following is an issue I have come across many times and still do not have a satisfactory solution for.
The context of it is this. Let's say we have an equation, a linear ODE for the ...
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non listable plus and times [duplicate]
I am trying to create my own Plus and Times functions, which are identical to the built in ones with the exception that they are ...
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Problem with NIntegrate: it gets stuck when evaluating zero value
I have an integral with complicated function evaluated by MonteCarlo method (please find a folder with two files by the link below). Namely, a function ...
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Is it possible to write an expression A such that Evaluate[Evaluate[A]] is different from Evaluate[A]?
Mathematica is cool for all sorts of "magic tricks", but I'm trying to get an idea on how the core term-rewriting system works. Is it possible to make a term such that the output of its evaluation can ...
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Handling expression differently for display vs. calculation?
I have a function I wrap a lot of my numbers with to factor them and display them out a certain way. Usually I do this at the last step of a calculation, but sometimes it would be nice if I could ...
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Subtle order-of-evaluation issues when pattern-matching with attributes
Related question concerning unrolling the tests that are shown below:
Big and Little surprises when unrolling tests of pattern-matching and attributes
Questions researched before posting this one:
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Controlling HoldForm while mapping
If I execute
A = {Sin, Cos, Tan}
B = {ArcSin, ArcCos, ArcTan}
#[[1]]@#[[2]]@x & /@ Transpose[{A, B}]
the output is
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With vs. Block scoping of parameters for Plot
A very basic question..
Why does Block work, but not With, to specify value of a parameter for a function to be plotted?
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How to use ReplaceAll and RuleDelayed with an Association? [duplicate]
I expected that something like this
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ClearAttributes in ParallelDo
The following code
ClearAttributes[Times, Orderless];
temp = b*a;
Do[
Print[temp];, {i, 1}
]
will print
b*a
However, the ...
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Can this power tower function be optimized to perform faster?
Take the following function defined in Mathematica:
Itr[x_, p_, n_] := x^Nest[Power[p, #] &, 1, n];
Evaluating this function even for small values of ...
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Why doesn't Boole return 0?
I'm writing a code to evaluate if the Cauchy-Riemann conditions are satisfied for a given function. For example, for the function f[z]=Conjugate[E^(z)] it has to ...
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How to extract part of a held expression without evaluating it
How can I extract part of a held expression without evaluating it?
Clear[w]
Part[HoldForm[w = 3],1,1]
(* w *)
w = 4
Part[HoldForm[w = 3],1,1]
(* 4 *)
Here I ...
