Questions tagged [mathematica-8]

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Can we show some Dynamics/CDF in PowerPoint or Keynote ?

I want to show some dynamic content in a presentation. However, I am not sure I have time by Thursday to make slides in the way I would like to within Mathematica. Is it possible to have Dynamic objects built in Mathematica within A Powerpoint…
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Saving FittedModel is buggy

With Mathematica 7 and 8 we have discovered that Mathematica fails to properly Save and Get the result of a fitting routine. I am hoping someone here knows: What is the best practice workaround for this bug? Our task is that we are fitting lots of…
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GCC installed. Mathematica still won't compile to C

I'm running Mathematica 8 on a MacOSX, trying to compile even the simplest program to C. Anything having to do with C simply doesn't work in Mathematica. I have GCC 4.2 installed; I've even reinstalled it multiple times with XCode. Here's what I'm…
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mathematica 8.0 and psfrag

I recently updated from mathematica 7.0 to 8.0, and have now encountered problem with replacing my plot labels with LaTeX code using the psfrag package. Everything worked perfectly with the earlier version and the exact same plots, but now psfrag…
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NIntegrate - why is it much slower in Mathematica 8 in this given case?

I have a Mathematica code where I have to evaluate numerically thousands of integrals similar to this one NIntegrate[ (Pi*Cos[(Pi*(-2*x + y))/(1 + y)] + (1 + y)*(-Sin[(2*Pi*x)/(1 + y)] + Sin[(Pi*(-2*x + y))/(1 + y)]))/(E^x*(1 + y)), …
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How to use Mathematica functions in Python programs?

I'd like to know how can I call Mathematica functions from Python. I appreciate a example, for example, using the Mathematica function Prime. I had search about MathLink but how to use it in Python is a little obscure to me. I tried to use a…
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Using NProbability[] or Probability[] to work out the probability of 3 or more Heads from 4 coin tosses

Is it possible to work out the probability of 3 or more Head from 4 coin tosses using the Probability or NProbability functions. This is not a question about the trivial answer to this problem, it is more to get an understanding of how to solve this…
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Is it possible to control style of digits in Mathematica?

I use the Constantia font (that came with Windows 7) for my book and would like to prepare graphics for this book using the same font in Mathematica. Problem is that that Constantia by default outputs oldstyle digits. I know that, e.g. in XeTeX, it…
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Mathematica: 3D wire frames

Does Mathematica support hidden line removal for wire frame images? If this isn't the case, has anybody here ever come across a way to do it? Lets start with this: Plot3D[Sin[x+y^2], {x, -3, 3}, {y, -2, 2}, Boxed -> False] To create a wire frame…
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Avoid repeated calls to Interpolation

I want to interpolate a function in mathematica. The function depends on a parameter a, in fact it is the inverse of a function F which also depends on a, so I build my approximation as follows, approx = Interpolation[Table[{F[0.1 n, a], 0.1 n},…
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Place an image on the XY plane in a 3D Plot in Mathematica

Please consider the following, from the followings from Can we generate "foveated Image" in Mathematica Clear[acuity]; acuity[distance_, x_, y_, blindspotradius_] := With[{\[Theta] = ArcTan[distance, Sqrt[x^2 + y^2]]}, …
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Formatting usage messages

If you take a look at the Combinatorica package in Mathematica8 in (mathematicapath)/AddOns/LegacyPackages/DiscreteMath/Combinatorica.m you will find the definitions of functions. What I'm interested to know is how Mathematica knows how to format…
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How to stop barchart from hiding labels for data value 0 in Mathematica?

I use this to create a Bar Chart: BarChart[ Reverse@data, BarOrigin -> Left, ChartLabels -> Placed[{Reverse@labels, Reverse@data}, {Before, After}], ChartElementFunction -> "FadingRectangle" ] With data = {7, 10, 0, 6, 0, 3, 5} this…
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How can I show % values on the y axis of a plot?

In any Mathematica chart or plot how can I show % values on the y axis? I may have data like this: data = {{{2010, 8, 3}, 0.}, {{2010, 8, 31}, -0.052208}, {{2010, 9, 30}, 0.008221}, {{2010, 10, 29}, 0.133203}, {{2010, 11, 30}, 0.044557},…
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Style dynamic value

Can I apply Style to the output of "Labeled" in the below ? Manipulate[\[Lambda], Control@{{\[Lambda], 401, Style[" \[Lambda]", Black, Bold, 24]}, Range[401, 570, 1], ControlType -> Slider, ControlPlacement -> Bottom, Appearance ->…
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