Questions tagged [wolfram-alpha-queries]
Use this for questions about calling Wolfram Alpha from Mathematica. Questions about Wolfram Alpha itself are off-topic.
204 questions
4
votes
4
answers
539
views
Median household income for each county in Maryland
I found that Wolfram|Alpha knows the median household income for every county in the US. I wanted to get a list of all counties in Maryland, and the median income in each county. The only way I could ...
- 7,164
4
votes
3
answers
2k
views
Analyzing frequency of individual letters in a large body of text
There are interesting histograms about the English language:
BarChart[Counts[StringTake[WordList[], 1]], ChartLabels -> Automatic]
...
- 9,076
4
votes
2
answers
934
views
Find all synonyms of word X that rhyme with word Y
Given two words x and y, I'd like to find the set of all words that rhyme with x and are synonymous with y. Is this possible with WordData or ...
- 31.8k
4
votes
2
answers
267
views
Converting WolframAlpha Output to Markdown
I am calling Wolfram Alpha using WolframScript. That is, I can't display all the beauty that is inserted into Wolfram Mathematica Notebook. Let's say I execute a line like this:
...
- 819
4
votes
2
answers
361
views
Is it possible in Mathematica to get a step-by-step evaluation of the following?
Is it possible in Mathematica (or WolframAlpha["...]") to get a step-by-step evaluation of the following?
...
- 635
4
votes
2
answers
363
views
Convert List of Airport Codes to Entities
I have a list of airport codes:
airports = {"ABE", "ABI", "ACT"}
How can I convert this into a list of entities in Mathematica? Is this possible? I tried:
...
- 63
4
votes
1
answer
447
views
Why does MMA fail to find a solution but WA does?
I am looking for $n$, where
$$\dfrac{2^{-3 n-2} \pi ^{n+1}}{(n+1)!}<\dfrac{1}{10000000000000000}$$
We can just test values of $n$ and find the smallest $n = 13$, or any $n \gt 13$ or can use ...
- 3,464
4
votes
1
answer
432
views
Attaching WolframAlpha data
I have used WolframAlpha since it was launched (now a pro member) but am new to Mathematica 8. Is there a way to automatically add data from WA to a Mathematica dataset? For example, what if I ...
- 327
4
votes
1
answer
900
views
Difference between free-form input via WolframAlpha[] and CTRL+=
WolframAlpha["query"] - https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WolframAlpha.html
Free-form input - https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/EnterFreeFormInput.html
For example:
...
- 1,235
4
votes
3
answers
771
views
Error with Wolfram Alpha
I tried evaluating the following limit with WA, but I got a wrong answer. The limit is: $$\lim_{n\to\infty}\left|
\frac{n\sin^2(n+1)}{(n+1)\sin^2(n)}\right|$$
The result that I obtained from WA was $0$...
- 560
4
votes
1
answer
845
views
How can I get all the results from a Wolfram | Alpha query?
When I query Wolfram | Alpha with "city in orange county, california", it returns the first four results with a note that there are "42 total". I can then hit the "more" button until all 42 are ...
- 365
4
votes
1
answer
221
views
Empty .png figures generated by a function "PlotWithGrid" whereas no problem with Export function
I have an issue about a .wls script that I can't manage to solve for the moment. I execute it with wolframscript interpeter on ...
4
votes
1
answer
427
views
Creating a function to simplify WolframAlpha query
When I can't remember an integral I usually just query wolfram and have it show steps.
This was my naive attempt at trying to make a simpler function.
...
- 155
4
votes
1
answer
116
views
Discrepancy between area given by CountryData and GeoArea of FullPolygon
CountryData["US", "Area"]
puts the area of U.S. at $9.63\times 10^6 \textrm{ km}^2$, while
...
- 1,851
4
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Obtaining Historical Financial Data
I'm trying to get the historical P/E ratio for a number of securities.
WolframAlpha makes this seem easy:
However, when I try to obtain a subset (or even just a single value) of this information in ...
- 203
4
votes
1
answer
433
views
Converting in various currencies
I was just playing around with Mathematica converting some currencies:
...
- 1,623
4
votes
0
answers
73
views
What is the current WolframAlpha server capacity?
Considering the increasing workload WolframAlpha is now receiving as it is getting more tightly integrated into the Wolfram language. With things like Entities even ...
- 9,751
4
votes
0
answers
140
views
U.S. Treasury Yield Curve via WolframAlfa
Disturbingly coincident with the U.S. Treasury Yield Curve's recent volatility and inversion, the previously highly reliable & available data from the Treasury's website at Treasury's website xml ...
- 14.6k
4
votes
0
answers
176
views
CloudDeploy fails when using WolframAlpha as APIFunction
I am trying to create a Wolfram API that returns, for an input expression, how Wolfram Alpha interprets that input.
For example, given the string "1 plus 2", the API should return "1 + 2".
Locally, ...
- 141
4
votes
0
answers
181
views
Timeout in implicit Wolfram|Alpha calls, but WolframAlpha works
In general we expect this to work:
Quantity["Speed of light"]
Quantity[1, "SpeedOfLight"]
And it does because it can make use of Wolfram|Alpha.
Oddly, though, ...
- 47.1k
4
votes
0
answers
308
views
Extracting Code Used in Wolfram Alpha Query Output
If I type == moon texture map into Mathematica it sends a query to Wolfram Alpha and gives me the following output:
A 3D sphere with a moon surface texture is ...
- 439
4
votes
0
answers
140
views
Known restrictions for WolframAlpha in CDF Player and PlayerPro
Are there any known (documented?) restrictions for the use of the WolframAlpha function in CDF-Player and PlayerPro?
I only found this answer which mentions upper values for various license version, ...
- 23.6k
4
votes
0
answers
534
views
Does Mathematica compute free-form-input on Wolfram servers?
I've just started to use Mathematica and I'm using the free-form input a lot. The computation time for simple problems seems to take a lot of time and my CPU isn't really used at all. I first thought ...
- 141
4
votes
0
answers
291
views
Possible to batch WolframAlpha queries?
Sometimes I want some country data not available from CountryData. And issuing things like:
...
- 16.7k
3
votes
3
answers
379
views
Find the volume & weight of a US$4,000,000 gold ingot
The other day I read that $4,000,000 worth of gold was stolen from a truck. I was wondering how much it would it weigh, and what would be the volume. Sounds like a good problem for Wolfram|Alpha or ...
- 7,164
3
votes
4
answers
432
views
Conditional Summations
I am not a math major, but for a networking class, I am taking I am required to do summations for probability. I know the logic but I don't know the mathematical theory to make this work. Using ...
- 31
3
votes
1
answer
230
views
Shading an area enclosed by a loop
I am plotting the folium of Descartes as a parametric plot, and trying to find the arclength and the area enclosed by the loop. I got both of them covered result-wise, but my professor wants us to ...
- 276
3
votes
1
answer
8k
views
Why can't I plot two graphs on the same plane in WolframAlpha?
When I plot these graphs separately everything is OK, but when I try to plot them simultaneously I get error. Why?
- 33
3
votes
2
answers
165
views
Is there an issue with calls to WolframAlpha from Mathematica? [closed]
I was trying to use the step by step to get a solution to an integral, but it was failing, so I tried an even simpler example from the Wolfram documentation
...
- 3,464
3
votes
1
answer
341
views
Plotting country as a polygon
I am trying to reproduce an example from Geographics.
GeoGraphics[Polygon[Italy]]
It does not work.
Using Ctrl+= this way:
...
- 171
3
votes
2
answers
1k
views
How do I use FinancialData to obtain company revenue and income?
I'd like to make a plot of a company's revenue and income over time. I can do this via Wolfram Alpha pretty easily, just by searching "Ford revenue and earnings from 2000 to 2012". As such I can, if ...
- 290
3
votes
2
answers
524
views
Importing crude oil prices from WolframAlpha
WolframAlpha has knowledge of crude oil prices, as a simple query will show. I am trying to obtain this data for use in Mathematica but I am not able to figure out the input.
If I try
...
- 1,725
3
votes
1
answer
279
views
how to get historical data from wolfram alpha
The following command give historical data from 21th April 2017 to 19th April 2018. Which is about 1 year. How do i get this result for past three years from wolfram alpha.
...
- 9,751
3
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Step by step solution of a differential equation - Call Wolfram|Alpha in Mathematica
I know that it's possible to get the step by step solution of a differential equation calling Wolfram in Mathematica. For example:
...
- 959
3
votes
1
answer
275
views
Daylight hours vs calendar date
Is there a way in Mathematica or Wolfram Alpha to get a plot of daylight hours vs calendar date and rate of change of daylight hours vs calendar date. Lets say I want the plot for latitude 45 degrees ...
- 31
3
votes
1
answer
347
views
FetchUrl status forbbiden when using Wolfram Alpha query
Strange thing here.
If I try this with Free-form input:
Sqrt[(2^t*Log[2])^2/(1 - 2^(2*t))]
I have no problem... But if I try the same expression in the Wolfram ...
- 163
3
votes
0
answers
85
views
Can I get LLM optimized output using WolframAlpha function in Mathematica?
Can I get LLM optimized output using WolframAlpha function in Mathematica? I want to use simple text output from Wolfram Alpha withoud complex pods. I know that this is available by API, but I didn/t ...
- 819
3
votes
0
answers
109
views
Engineering materials entity class
Are there any Entity Class like EntityClassList["Mineral"] to get physical properties of "Materials" like steel alloys, polymers, ceramics or ...
- 121
3
votes
0
answers
141
views
Querying WolframAlpha from WolframScript
Is it possible to query WolframAlpha from a wolframscript query? The following yields $Failed:
...
- 3,175
3
votes
0
answers
172
views
Is there a Wikidata - based Entity system yet?
Wikidata.org seems to have a similar goal as the new Entity/EntityProperty Wolfram-knowledge base system.
The differences are that Wikidata is open, promising faster expansion and fixing, but of ...
- 5,779
3
votes
0
answers
382
views
Force expression in certain form
Is there a function in Mathematica to force an expression to be transformed into a given form. For example f[x] is a function of ...
- 131
3
votes
0
answers
556
views
Wolfram alpha algorithm for geometric packing in 2D [closed]
Is there any way to gain access to the algorithm that wolfram alpha uses? More specifically, I want to pack small circles in hex and square patters in a larger cicle (https://www.wolframalpha.com/...
- 31
3
votes
0
answers
435
views
Mixing Wolfram Language & WolframAlpha Queries - How robust is it?
The advent of Mathematica in the cloud and linguistic input potentially transforms expectations of the Wolfram Language's programming model and its inherent robustness. An example of this comes form ...
- 6,086
3
votes
0
answers
2k
views
2
votes
2
answers
538
views
How to calculate complicated expression in WolframAlpha
I need to evaluate the limit:
$$\lim_{n\to\infty}\prod_{k=1}^\infty \left(1-\frac{n}{\left(\frac{n+\sqrt{n^2+4}}{2}\right)^k+\frac{n+\sqrt{n^2+4}}{2}}\right).$$
I could not type into WolframAlpha ...
- 23
2
votes
3
answers
311
views
Find the average GDP of multiple countries at once
How would I find the average GDP of a list of countries between set years?
I know how to do it for one but I'm not sure about multiple values. I also wish to find the average population size.
An ...
- 33
2
votes
2
answers
476
views
Why doesn't Mathematica provide an answer while Wolfram|Alpha does, concerning a series convergence?
Among other series I've been working on, I was asked to find whether
$$\sum_n 1-\cos(\frac{\pi}{n})$$
converged, and Mathematica's output to ...
- 121
2
votes
1
answer
413
views
Facebook Report is not available [duplicate]
Personal Analytics for Facebook doesn't work.
Some information is not available
Also there is a same problem in Mathematica 10.
Can anyone help me ? Thanks
- 9,076
2
votes
2
answers
141
views
How do I get a list of all the wine producing countries using V11?
I have tried several options and although I have looked at Wolfram Alpha snippets, I cannot get those to work in V11.
This link is the best I could find, but I cannot replicate it for wine, or wine ...
- 93
2
votes
2
answers
338
views
Showing steps for TrigExpand
If I enter a double equal sign and the following in Mathematica 10:
== integrate 1/(1+x^4)
Then wolfram alpha allows me to select a Step-by-step solution, which ...
- 15k