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Why does assuming f[_] > 0 does not work while Element[f[_], Reals] does?

Refine works with symbols in either way: Refine[Sqrt[x^2], Element[x, Reals]] (* Abs[x] *) Refine[Sqrt[x^2], x > 0] (* x *) ...
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What are the (potential) uses of those utility functions in the context GroupTheory`Tools`?

This old answer briefly described the usages of GroupTheory`Tools`Multisets, GroupTheory`Tools`MultiSubsets, ...
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Where is the new System`ConvertersDump`$extensionMappings?

I used to find the extensions mapping from System`ConvertersDump`$extensionMappings, which gives a mapping like "{"*.3ds" -> "3DS"...}&...
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Graphics`Mesh`FindIntersections not working in Mathematica 13.3

I just updated my Mathematica for Windows to 13.3 and when I tried to use the "Graphics MeshFindIntersections" command it doesn't seem to work. Have they replaced it with some other command ...
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What's the effect of SyntaxForm option in StandardForm boxes of Superscript?

Consider the following sample: ...
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How do I identify which external routine is potentially internally used when executing some built-in function?

Wolfram's website declares that "a large fraction of Mathematica's numerical algorithms are based on original research at Wolfram Research" (cf. So Many Original Wolfram Algorithms). So, ...
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How to obtain documentation on functions inside some of the packages that are automatically loaded by Mathematica?

Mathematica comes with lots of useful functions which seems not to be documented. At least I do not know how to find the API documentation to learn more about these functions and how to use them. <...
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Custom Graphics primitives can't work with parallel Rasterize

I tried to create Graphics primitives using the techniques in this, found problems with parallel rasterization ...
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What is the usage of other "*Block" and "With*"? [closed]

There exist some "kernel functions" that are related to the built-in scoping constructs: Assumptions`AssumptionsBlock, ...
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What do the arguments of a generated BSplineFunction mean?

For example, if we evaluate this: BSplineFunction@{{0,100},{200,50},{200,0}} we'll get ...
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"Information about the undocumented function Internal`DiracGammaMatrix"

Searching for information on undocumented functions here, I found that there are no references about the use of the undocumented function Internal`DiracGammaMatrix. Does anyone in the community have ...
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Eliminate variable with partially documented Solve feature Solve[eqns,vars,elims]. Robust?

The Eliminating Variables section on Manipulating Equations and Inequalities documentation quotes an otherwise undocumented feature for Solve ...
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Understanding NDSolve::ndmmc

When running NDSolve with Method->{"EquationSimplification" -> "MassMatrix"} I frequently encounter ...
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Trapezoidal method for ODE results in cmsing warning

I try to solve an ODE using the trapezoidal method. I do the following (Definition of Trapezoidal is from this answer): ...
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How do I include additional kinds of boxes that are Tab-selectable

Observe that "PlaceHolder" and InputFieldBox are known by the FE to respond to pressing the Tab key: ...
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Is there more complete documentation of DSolve with all hacks?

I know DSolve. I know this community and I am able to gather some hacks. There is this: ...
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$Assumptions = _ ∈ Reals results in incorrect simplification of ConjugateTranspose[..]

The linear combination $Q$ of two Hermitian matrices $A^\dagger = A, B^\dagger = B$ with real coefficients $m,n \in \mathbb{R}$, i.e. $Q = m A + n B$ is itself a Hermitian matrix $Q^\dagger = Q$. ...
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Available Methods for DSolve?

I would like to know, apart from Method->Automatic what are available methods for DSolve. ...
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Pattern not matching BoundaryMeshRegion

Mathematica 13.1 on Windows 10. Can someone explain why the following does not match: MatchQ[BoundaryMeshRegion[Cube[]], BoundaryMeshRegion[__]] (* False *)
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How to set minimal allowed size for a graphical element?

Starting from version 10.3 there is a documented way to specify a maximum allowed size for a graphical element via UpTo: ...
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Context menu to graphics component

How do I add individual context menus (shown upon secondary mouse click) to various components of a graphics object without needing to go into edit mode? Consider the following example: ...
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VandermondeSolve changes, InterpolatingFunctionToPiecewise breaks

I just notice ResourceFunction["InterpolatingFunctionToPiecewise"] is broken in v13.1. (Perhaps it's in v13.0, I'm not sure. ) Here's a sample: ...
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How to detect errors that happen in the FrontEnd? [duplicate]

Some errors only seem to be produced at the point of typesetting, making it very difficult to detect them early. For example: ...
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NMinimize/NMaximize: How to specify additional options to the "PostProcess"->FindMinimum option

I would like to pass FindMinimum Options to the PostProcess Option of NMinimize. Here is minimal working example of using NMinimize from the documentation at (see tutorial/...
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How to determine the current width of the output cell area?

When answering this question, I suddenly realized that it is surprisingly difficult to determine the current width of the output cell contents. I tried to employ the ...
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Why does System`Private`ConstructNoEntry[Quantity, 1, "kg"] enter a Recursion?

System`Private`ConstructNoEntry[BesselJ, 0, x] works fine, and outputs BesselJ[0, x] However, ...
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How can I create an atomic head or treat some head as atomic during Map?

For example, Map[g, {0, {h[1, 2, 3]}}, {-1}] gives {g[0], {h[g[1], g[2], g[3]]}} I want a ...
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Charting`ScaledTicks not working anymore in Mathematica 13

Charting`ScaledTicks was a convenient way to organize Ticks or Frameticks in Mathematica without needing to define a tick-function. Basically most tick-related questions here were answered with this ...
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User plug-in methods for SumConvergence

@Валерий Заподовников remarks: BTW, it is also quite bad that Mathematica does not have Bertrand test. Is there a way to extend the convergence tests in ...
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Arithmetic operations on NumericArrays

Currently, NumericArrays are directly supported by the most important array-related functions, what makes them a very attractive data structure for implementing ...
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What is idiomatic way to extract NumericArray from Image?

It is easy to see that NumericArray is a construct underlying Image: ...
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How to list all possible string arguments of a specific function?

For example, to learn the function Alphabet, we can read its document. But it's rather ambiguous, like "Some languages have extra properties". How to find ...
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How to use System`Private`AssumptionAccess and Assumptions`*?

I see this function is used by some symbols in Assumptions`*, and it HasDownCode and does not ...
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Internal`CopyListStructure makes fatal error sometimes

Warning : At least in my PC (windows 10, mathematica V12.2), some of the codes here led to fatal error. Fatal means mathematica will freeze + 'Abort Evaluation' will not work. I had to quit the kernel ...
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What is the purpose of StrokeForm?

Symbol System`StrokeForm is present already in Mathematica version 8 (but not in version 5.2). Currently, it is used in built-in themes, for example: ...
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How to explicitly open or close cell group?

There is a "OpenCloseGroup" in FrontEndTokenExecute. It act like toggle. If the selected cell group is open, ...
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How to convert Graph atomic object back into unevaluated expression? [duplicate]

For the purposes of further development of my shortInputForm function, I wish to convert Atomic objects such as Graph into non-...
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Resolve absolute path to Documentation Notebook

We can easily create clickable hyperlinks for Documentation pages like the following: {URL["paclet:ref/Set"], Hyperlink["paclet:ref/Set"]} But ...
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What Does Compile`SetIterate Do?

The list of compilable functions (given by Compile`CompilerFunctions[] // Sort) shows one of the more interesting- and core-sounding functions: ...
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What are the valid options for the "ParametricCaching" option in ParametricNDSolve?

I am using ParametricNDSolve as part of the calculation of an objective function for an optimization, so I am trying to strike a balance between memory usage and ...
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Modern equivalent of $InternetProxyRules

The undocumented symbol $InternetProxyRules was useful for debugging network connectivity issues. In Mathematica 12.0 it returns a list with keys "UseProxy&...
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Is Internal`StringToDouble broken in 12.3?

I believe Internal`StringToDouble was the only way to fast convert string into numbers. Now in V12.3 it was removed: Internal`StringToDouble["1"] ...
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How to set MaxStepSize for the case of two variables

The option MaxStepSize permits to manually set the step size of the integration in NDSolve and similar functions. How do I set ...
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TemplateEvaluate, TemplateUnevaluated, and TemplateVerbatim [Undocumented] - What do you know?

Let's discuss some undocumented Template-related functionality. Specifically, what do you know about TemplateEvaluate, ...
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NDSolveValue and pdepe of MATLAB disagree under spherical coordinates

Assuming there is a spherical activated carbon particle, the concentration outside the grain is 200 (C[t,ri] == 200), that ...
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Turning off automatic hyperlinks

Recently (I only noticed in V12.2), website URLs, such as https://www.wolfram.com, became active in text cells in notebooks. The "hot" nature makes the links hard to edit, since any click ...
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How to revert behavior of SeriesData to pre 12.1

In Mathematica 12.0 and earlier, SeriesData[x, 0, {1/u + Log[x/y]}, 0, 3, 1] used to preserve its list of expressions in the form it was given. Now, in ...
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Property "Centroid" of result from ConvexHullMesh[] can not be extracted

As the title describes, specifically, simple code below ConvexHullMesh[RandomReal[1, {10, 2}]]["Centroid"] returns an error in V. 12.2, but it worked in ...
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Log scale for ListContourPlot when the axes have different orders of magnitude

I am trying to plot a data set (download here) in Mathematica (it's 3.9 MB and I wasn't sure how to best share it) which I then want to visualize with ...
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Please explain this syntax: GaborWavelet[6]["FourierFactor"]

I've been using Mathematica for some years, yet I'm befuddled by this statement: GaborWavelet[6]["FourierFactor"] It appears to give the center frequency ...
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