Questions tagged [undocumented]
Questions on undocumented functionality of Mathematica. Note that such functions might be subject to change without notice in future versions.
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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 is the function of "PreviousFunctionTemplate" and "NextFunctionTemplate" defined in "KeyEventTranslations.tr"
In the system file "KeyEventTranslations.tr" are two undocumented frontend tokens "PreviousFunctionTemplate" and "NextFunctionTemplate" and I wonder what they do.
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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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BarLegend ticks distorted in MatrixPlot
As shown in many threads here (this, this, ...), Ticks is a valid option of BarLegend. But it doesn't seem to work well in this ...
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Experimental`CreateNumericalFunction
When working with a Compile function I can specify if a given argument is a matrix, a vector or a scalar. For instance, something like:
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A Curiosity: What is DispatchQ?
As shown below, my autofill in Mathematica showed an interesting function: DispatchQ. Yet, it does not appear in the Mathematica Documentation Center, a search for ...
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Why are some symbols recognized by Mathematica but nowhere in the documentation? [duplicate]
I was trying to calculate a Groebner basis for a given set of polynomials, and I did it successfully. But I wanted to calculate the conversion matrix between the original basis and the Groebner basis....
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Implicit Riccati Equation Solver (to find the anti-stabilizing solution)
I've found that the latest MATLAB icare() solver includes the possibility to find also the anti-stabilizing solution of the Riccati equation.
I haven't found a ...
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What does the PerformanceGoal option of FindMinimum do?
FindFit and FindMinimum both have a PerformanceGoal option. It is not documented. What does ...
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In search of lost time: Mathematica keyboard shortcuts
I am wondering about all the shortcuts that there are in Mma, besides the documented ones in https://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/KeyboardShortcutListing.html.
Are there any undocumented ...
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Is AlgebraicRulesData magical?
I am trying to understand what AlgebraicRules is all about in the answer to this question. It apparently returns an ...
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What does Reduce`FreeVariables really do? And can we rely on it?
Very frequently, in answers on this site, the undocumented function Reduce`FreeVariables comes up in the context of generating a list of variables inside an ...
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How to make my custom neural layer only apply noise during training (similar to how DropoutLayer behaves)?
Utilizing some undocumented Mathematica functionality, I implemented it like this:
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How to author a workflow?
I find the workflow refpages in the doc center very helpful, and I'd like to make some of my own:
Workflows seem to be notebooks of "Text" and ...
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Is it possible to get current thickness for every Line, Polygon, Circle object in a plot?
When exporting Mathematica graphics to raster formats with high resolution the common problem is that thickness for such objects as Line, ...
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Why does setting SyntaxInformation add a definition to DefaultValues
Before setting any definitions to the symbol f, the DefaultValues of f is empty:
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How to extend the DefaultDuration of Manipulate[] when it has Bookmarks?
How to extend the DefaultDuration of
Manipulate[x,{x,0,1},Bookmarks->{"beginning":>(x=0),"end":>(x=1)}]
to 20 ...
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Is it possible to make listable Experimental`NumericalFunction?
I have been playing a bit with the undocumented function
Experimental`CreateNumericalFunction
and I wanted to know if somebody found a way to make generated ...
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Status of Streaming package
I see the Streaming package mentioned in this question
How to use Streaming package in v11.1?
with advice on getting it working in V11.1.
I've failed to get either the built-in version or the patch ...
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Problem with "MediaTools`" in Mathematica 12
I asked here for a solution how single video images can be extracted very fast from avi files.
Piotr Wendykier gave a solution for Mathematica 11.3.
Now I'm using Mathematica 12 and his solution ...
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TemporalDiscretization in MethodOfLines
When solving ODE's one can use options like MaxStepFraction to control the number of grid points.
When solving PDE's ...
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How to vectorize this nonlinear ODE system for NDSolve?
I learned a long time ago that NDSolve can often be sped up by vectorizing systems of equations. I've got a problem now that seems ideal for this approach, but I ...
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Implementing the Peano-Baker Series with Mathematica
I would like to calculate the Peano-Baker series with mathematica, namely an integral expansion to approximate the state transition matrix:
Say I have a matrix $A(t)$ and I want to calculate:
$\Phi(...
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Can we construct our own NDSolve`StateData?
NDSolve can be broken into three stages:
NDSolve`ProcessEquations processes the equations and sets up an NDSolve`StateData ...
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Can't make more than 249 Internal`Bags in a Table
I need a lot of Internal`Bags so I made them with Table. It works fine for 249 or fewer Bags...
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How to modify NDSolve`StateData without crashing the kernel?
Probably a hard question, but it's better to cry out loud.
Reminded by Chris K, I noticed my fix function has been broken since v11.3. After some checking, I ...
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MatrixConditionNumber does not work in version 12.0
A = {{1., 0.}, {0., 2.}};
LinearAlgebra`MatrixConditionNumber[A]
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What is the most reliable way to find a particular function?
I learned there're built-in functions which is not documented from this question.
After this , I tried looking for something which is usable for me,then noticed that with ...
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Reverse Engineering of MMA `Classify[]` Output?
Update: as @AntonAntoniv rightly noticed in his comment the case of DecisionTree is already discussed. Now it would be great to also have an equivalent answer for LogisticRegression.
MMA is really ...
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Can I reimplement something like TogglerBox?
As a purely academic exercise can I make a box structure that'll toggle between two views when clicked and that doesn't ever depend on Dynamic or ...
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How to not show line mesh elements
Let's say I make a mesh from a collection of random points:
SeedRandom[1234]
points = RandomReal[1, {20, 2}];
mesh = VoronoiMesh[points]
For the purposes of my ...
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Evaluating Internal`$VideoEncodings gives a strange message
When calling Internal`$VideoEncodings to check available video codecs on my pc, Mathematica_11.3 gives a message:
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Why does the kernel strip \< and \> from strings [duplicate]
The FE always passes strings to the kernel that look like:
"\"\<asdasd\>\""
And the \< and > get pruned out. We can simulate this for ourselves with:
<...
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How can I see all FE nine-patch bitmaps?
The FE stores a bunch of little nine-patch images in the layout that govern the appearance of much of Mathematica. These things are incredibly useful to have as they may be used to give a clean ...
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Second argument Run[]
Run officially takes only one argument. I encountered code with Run[command, "Text"], is this a mistake or is the second argument meaningful? If so what does it do? ...
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Method option of function MatrixRank
By running ??MatrixRank, I see that it has an optional argument named Method.
However, this argument is not in the ...
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Making an Association-like interface for HashTable
System`Utilities`HashTable is conceptually a lot like an Association but it has the pretty phenomenal (for Mathematica) property ...
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Custom Property interface on my own objects
I know I can use the Property interface for things like Graph but I want to use it for all of my objects. This includes:
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Custom conversion rules in UnitConvert
I want to make UnitConvert operate on custom units with special rules.
For instance, I would like to be able to convert between ...
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Create a ProcessObject for a process not made with StartProcess
I am launching and linking to Mathematica from an external process and would like to be able to create a ProcessObject for the launching process that will support <...