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What are the standard colors for plots in Mathematica 10?

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Alternatives to procedural loops and iterating over lists in Mathematica

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xkcd-style Plots

answered Oct 2, 2012 at 8:46

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Why round to even integers?

answered Feb 21, 2012 at 23:15

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What does the construct f[x_] := f[x] = ... mean?

answered Mar 7, 2012 at 0:56

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Is it possible to define a new PlotTheme?

answered Jul 12, 2014 at 7:28

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Generating a Sierpinski carpet

answered Mar 25, 2013 at 17:33

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What are the most common pitfalls awaiting new users?

answered Jan 30, 2013 at 6:55

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How do I save a variable or function definition to a file?

answered Feb 19, 2012 at 15:40

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Incompatible Changes since Mathematica Version 7?

answered Aug 6, 2014 at 6:07

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when is f@g not the same as f[g]?

answered Aug 14, 2013 at 7:33

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Elegant operations on matrix rows and columns

answered Mar 16, 2012 at 9:38

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How to form a block-diagonal matrix from a list of matrices?

answered Feb 18, 2013 at 9:30

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Funny behaviour when plotting a polynomial of high degree and large coefficients

answered Mar 18, 2012 at 2:44

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How to avoid returning a Null if there is no "else" condition in an If construct

answered Mar 30, 2012 at 10:13

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What are SparseArray Properties? How and when should they be used?

answered May 18, 2015 at 8:15

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Injecting a sequence of expressions into a held expression

answered Feb 17, 2012 at 20:21

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Partitioning with varying partition size

answered Jun 27, 2012 at 9:19

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Enforcing correct variable bindings and avoiding renamings for conflicting variables in nested scoping constructs

answered Mar 6, 2013 at 20:37

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What are the most common pitfalls awaiting new users?

answered Feb 18, 2015 at 1:08

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Using a PatternTest versus a Condition for pattern matching

answered Feb 16, 2012 at 6:39

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Scan vs. Map vs. Apply

answered Apr 16, 2014 at 20:10

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Head and everything except Head?

answered Feb 29, 2012 at 6:25

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What are some useful, undocumented Mathematica functions?

answered Jul 21, 2016 at 11:30

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Plot, extract data to a file

answered Feb 20, 2013 at 0:34

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Using a list of tuples in a pure function

answered Mar 18, 2012 at 12:25

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How do I evaluate only one step of an expression?

answered Feb 7, 2012 at 12:09

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Understanding differences between Maple and Mathematica in examples picked by Maplesoft

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Can a function be made to accept a variable amount of inputs?

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Functions with Options

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What are the standard colors for plots in Mathematica 10?

Alternatives to procedural loops and iterating over lists in Mathematica

xkcd-style Plots

Why round to even integers?

What does the construct f[x_] := f[x] = ... mean?

Is it possible to define a new PlotTheme?

Generating a Sierpinski carpet

What are the most common pitfalls awaiting new users?

How do I save a variable or function definition to a file?

Incompatible Changes since Mathematica Version 7?

when is f@g not the same as f[g]?

Elegant operations on matrix rows and columns

How to form a block-diagonal matrix from a list of matrices?

Funny behaviour when plotting a polynomial of high degree and large coefficients

How to avoid returning a Null if there is no "else" condition in an If construct

What are SparseArray Properties? How and when should they be used?

Injecting a sequence of expressions into a held expression

Partitioning with varying partition size

Enforcing correct variable bindings and avoiding renamings for conflicting variables in nested scoping constructs

What are the most common pitfalls awaiting new users?

Using a PatternTest versus a Condition for pattern matching

Scan vs. Map vs. Apply

Head and everything except Head?

What are some useful, undocumented Mathematica functions?

Plot, extract data to a file

Using a list of tuples in a pure function

How do I evaluate only one step of an expression?

Understanding differences between Maple and Mathematica in examples picked by Maplesoft

Can a function be made to accept a variable amount of inputs?

Functions with Options