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plotting× 9060
Questions on creating visualizations from functions or data using high-level constructors such as Plot, ListPlot, Histogram, etc.
list-manipulation× 5018
Questions on the manipulation of List objects in Mathematica, and the functions used for these manipulations.
differential-equations× 3615
Questions on the symbolic (DSolve, DifferentialRoot) and numerical (NDSolve) solutions of differential equations in Mathematica.
equation-solving× 3392
Questions on the analytic and numerical equation solving functions of Mathematica (Solve, Reduce, NSolve, FindRoot, DSolve, RSolve, etc.).
graphics× 3057
Questions on the construction of 2D and 3D graphics through the direct use of primitives, directives, and functions. Include the graphics3d tag for questions specifically on 3D graphics. This tag is n…
calculus-and-analysis× 2386
Questions related to the calculus and analysis branches of Mathematica, including, but not limited to, limits, derivatives, integrals, series, and residues.
functions× 2167
Questions about the use of built-in Mathematica functions, including pure functions.
performance-tuning× 1791
Questions on optimizing Mathematica code for higher performance. This may mean faster execution, lower memory usage or both. Not to be confused with mathematical optimization.
bugs× 1438
reserved for questions where the problem has been vetted by this community and the observed behavior is confirmed to be a bug. Please do not use this tag for new questions. Please use th…
function-construction× 1435
For questions on writing functions (pure or using Set/SetDelayed) for any purpose, including the features that may be incorporated in those functions, such as options, patterns and conditions.
manipulate× 1373
Questions on the Manipulate function of Mathematica, a function that allows the interactive manipulation of certain parameters in a Mathematica expression.
graphs-and-networks× 1321
Questions about handling graphs in Mathematica, graph theory, graph visualization, GraphPlot, the built-in Graph type and the Combinatorica` package.
simplifying-expressions× 1319
Questions on manipulating complicated expressions and making them look simpler using Simplify, FullSimplify and Reduce.
graphics3d× 1286
For questions specific to the Graphics3D command and related 3D graphics functionality.
export× 1284
Questions on converting data, graphics, sound etc. from Mathematica into other file formats.
programming× 1257
Questions on writing non-trivial programs in Mathematica. Do not use this tag for questions on plotting/graphics or for questions on doing mathematics with Mathematica, where the focus is more on the …
numerics× 1228
Questions on the numerical functions of Mathematica, implementing numerical methods and numerical computing with Mathematica.
probability-or-statistics× 1108
Questions about systematic data collection and organization, or the application of probability theory to model the inherent patterns and properties of sampled data, underlying data distribution(s) or …
mathematical-optimization× 1107
Questions on the optimization functions of Mathematica such as FindMinimum/FindMaximum, Minimize/Maximize, NMinimize/NMaximize, etc.
import× 1079
Questions about getting data, files, images etc. from various formats into a form that can be read, tranformed and manipulated by Mathematica
dynamic× 1061
Questions relating to the dynamic family of functions in Mathematica, such as Dynamic, DynamicModule and Manipulate.
evaluation× 1015
Questions about how Mathematica evaluates expressions, tracing evaluation (Trace*), handling expressions in unevaluated form (Hold*, Unevaluated), nonstandard evaluation, etc.
fitting× 1008
Questions on the use of Mathematica to construct models for approximating empirical data.
pattern-matching× 922
Questions on expression testing and manipulation through pattern matching and constructing efficient patterns.
replacement× 895
Questions about Mathematica's rule-based replacement functionality, including functions such as Rule (->), Replace, ReplaceAll (/.) and ReplaceRepeated (//.).
notebooks× 882
Questions on Notebooks (*.nb, *.ma in earlier versions), structured interactive documents produced by Mathematica that can contain text, graphics, sound, calculations, typeset expressions, and user in…
output-formatting× 879
Specify and control how Mathematica formats its output, including rich text, equations and graphics.
linear-algebra× 859
Questions about Mathematica functionality related to manipulating vector spaces and linear mappings between such spaces. This includes determination of matrix properties, matrix transformations, decom…
string-manipulation× 804
Questions on the manipulation of String objects in Mathematica, and the functions used for these manipulations.
color× 776
Questions on the color models, schemes, named colors and color functions supported by Mathematica.
