Mathematica Cookbook

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By Sal Mangano

Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Released: March 2010

Pages: 830

Chapter 1 Numerics
1. 1.0 Introduction
2. 1.1 Controlling Precision and Accuracy
3. 1.2 Mixing Different Numerical Types
4. 1.3 Representing Numbers in Other Bases
5. 1.4 Extracting the Digits of a Number
6. 1.5 Working with Intervals
7. 1.6 Converting Between Numerical Types
8. 1.7 Displaying Numbers in Alternate Forms
Chapter 2 Functional Programming
1. 2.0 Introduction
2. 2.1 Mapping Functions with More Than One Argument
3. 2.2 Holding Arbitrary Arguments
4. 2.3 Creating Functions That Automatically Map Over Lists
5. 2.4 Mapping Multiple Functions in a Single Pass
6. 2.5 Keeping Track of the Index of Each Item As You Map
7. 2.6 Mapping a Function over a Moving Sublist
8. 2.7 Using Prefix and Postfix Notation to Produce More Readable Code
9. 2.8 Defining Indexed Functions
10. 2.9 Understanding the Use of Fold As an Alternative to Recursion
11. 2.10 Incremental Construction of Lists
12. 2.11 Computing Through Repeated Function Application
13. 2.12 Building a Function Through Iteration
14. 2.13 Exploiting Function Composition and Inverse Functions
15. 2.14 Implementing Closures
16. 2.15 Currying in Mathematica
17. 2.16 Creating Functions with Default Values
18. 2.17 Creating Functions That Accept Options
Chapter 3 Data Structures
1. 3.0 Introduction
2. 3.1 Ensuring the Most Efficient Representation of Numerical Lists
3. 3.2 Sorting Lists
4. 3.3 Determining Order Without Sorting
5. 3.4 Extracting the Diagonals of a Matrix
6. 3.5 Constructing Matrices of Specific Structure
7. 3.6 Constructing Permutation and Shift Matrices
8. 3.7 Manipulating Rows and Columns of Matrices
9. 3.8 Using Sparse Arrays to Conserve Memory
10. 3.9 Manipulating Deeply Nested Lists Using Functions with Level Specifications
11. 3.10 Implementing Bit Vectors and Using Format to Customize Their Presentation
12. 3.11 Implementing Trees and Traversals Using Lists
13. 3.12 Implementing Ordered Associative Lookup Using a Red-Black Tree
14. 3.13 Exploiting Mathematica’s Built-In Associative Lookup
15. 3.14 Constructing Graphs Using the Combinatorica’ Package
16. 3.15 Using Graph Algorithms to Extract Information from Graphs
Chapter 4 Patterns and Rule-Based Programming
1. 4.0 Introduction
2. 4.1 Collecting Items That Match (or Don’t Match) a Pattern
3. 4.2 Excluding Items That Match (or Don’t Match) a Pattern
4. 4.3 Counting Items That Match a Pattern
5. 4.4 Replacing Parts of an Expression
6. 4.5 Finding the Longest (or Shortest) Match for a Pattern
7. 4.6 Implementing Algorithms in Terms of Rules
8. 4.7 Debugging Infinite Loops When Using ReplaceRepeated
9. 4.8 Preventing Evaluation Until Replace Is Complete
10. 4.9 Manipulating Patterns with Patterns
11. 4.10 Optimizing Rules
12. 4.11 Using Patterns As a Query Language
13. 4.12 Semantic Pattern Matching
14. 4.13 Unification Pattern Matching
Chapter 5 String and Text Processing
1. 5.0 Introduction
2. 5.1 Comparing Strings
3. 5.2 Removing and Replacing Characters from Strings
4. 5.3 Extracting Characters and Substrings
5. 5.4 Duplicating a String
6. 5.5 Matching and Searching Text
7. 5.6 Tokenizing Text
8. 5.7 Working with Natural Language Dictionaries
9. 5.8 Importing XML
10. 5.9 Transforming XML Using Patterns and Rules
11. 5.10 Transforming XML Using Recursive Functions (à la XSLT)
12. 5.11 Writing Parsers and Grammars in Mathematica
Chapter 6 Two-Dimensional Graphics and Plots
1. 6.0 Introduction
2. 6.1 Plotting Functions in Cartesian Coordinates
3. 6.2 Plotting in Polar Coordinates
4. 6.3 Creating Plots Parametrically
5. 6.4 Plotting Data
6. 6.5 Mixing Two or More Graphs into a Single Graph
7. 6.6 Displaying Multiple Graphs in a Grid
8. 6.7 Creating Plots with Legends
9. 6.8 Displaying 2D Geometric Shapes
10. 6.9 Annotating Graphics with Text
11. 6.10 Creating Custom Arrows
Chapter 7 Three-Dimensional Graphics and Plots
1. 7.0 Introduction
2. 7.1 Plotting Functions of Two Variables in Cartesian Coordinates
3. 7.2 Plotting Functions in Spherical Coordinates
4. 7.3 Plotting Surfaces in Cylindrical Coordinates
5. 7.4 Plotting 3D Surfaces Parametrically
6. 7.5 Creating 3D Contour Plots
7. 7.6 Combining 2D Contours with 3D Plots
8. 7.7 Constraining Plots to Specified Regions
9. 7.8 Plotting Data in 3D
10. 7.9 Plotting 3D Regions Where a Predicate Is Satisfied
11. 7.10 Displaying 3D Geometrical Shapes
12. 7.11 Constructing Wireframe Models from Mesh
13. 7.12 Controlling Viewing Geometry
14. 7.13 Controlling Lighting and Surface Properties
15. 7.14 Transforming 3D Graphics
16. 7.15 Exploring Polyhedra
17. 7.16 Importing 3D Graphics from CAD and Other 3D Software
Chapter 8 Image Processing
1. 8.0 Introduction
2. 8.1 Extracting Image Information
3. 8.2 Converting Images from RGB Color Space to HSV Color Space
4. 8.3 Enhancing Images Using Histogram Equalization
5. 8.4 Correcting Images Using Histogram Specification
6. 8.5 Sharpening Images Using Laplacian Transforms
7. 8.6 Sharpening and Smoothing with Fourier Transforms
8. 8.7 Detecting Edges in Images
9. 8.8 Image Recognition Using Eigenvectors (Eigenimages)
Chapter 9 Audio and Music Processing
1. 9.0 Introduction
2. 9.1 Creating Musical Notes
3. 9.2 Creating a Scale or a Melody
4. 9.3 Adding Rhythm to a Melody
5. 9.4 Controlling the Volume
6. 9.5 Creating Chords
7. 9.6 Playing a Chord Progression
8. 9.7 Writing Music with Traditional Chord Notation
9. 9.8 Creating Percussion Grooves
10. 9.9 Creating More Complex Percussion Grooves
11. 9.10 Exporting MIDI files
12. 9.11 Playing Functions As Sound
13. 9.12 Adding Tremolo
14. 9.13 Adding Vibrato
15. 9.14 Applying an Envelope to a Signal
16. 9.15 Exploring Alternate Tunings
17. 9.16 Importing Digital Sound Files
18. 9.17 Analyzing Digital Sound Files
19. 9.18 Slicing a Sample
Chapter 10 Algebra
1. 10.0 Introduction
2. 10.1 Solving Algebraic Equations
3. 10.2 Finding a Polynomial from a Given Root
4. 10.3 Transforming Expressions to Other Forms
5. 10.4 Generating Polynomials
6. 10.5 Decomposing Polynomials into Their Constituent Parts
7. 10.6 Dividing Polynomials by Other Polynomials
Chapter 11 Calculus: Continuous and Discrete
1. 11.0 Introduction
2. 11.1 Computing Limits
3. 11.2 Working with Piecewise Functions
4. 11.3 Using Power Series Representations
5. 11.4 Differentiating Functions
6. 11.5 Integration
7. 11.6 Solving Differential Equations
8. 11.7 Solving Minima and Maxima Problems
9. 11.8 Solving Vector Calculus Problems
10. 11.9 Solving Problems Involving Sums and Products
11. 11.10 Solving Difference Equations
12. 11.11 Generating Functions and Sequence Recognition
Chapter 12 Statistics and Data Analysis
1. 12.0 Introduction
2. 12.1 Computing Common Statistical Metrics of Numerical and Symbolic Data
3. 12.2 Generating Pseudorandom Numbers with a Given Distribution
4. 12.3 Working with Probability Distributions
5. 12.4 Demonstrating the Central Limit Theorem
6. 12.5 Computing Covariance and Correlation of Vectors and Matrices
7. 12.6 Measuring the Shape of Data
8. 12.7 Finding and Adjusting for Outliers
9. 12.8 Fitting Data Using a Linear Model
10. 12.9 Fitting Data Using a Nonlinear Model
11. 12.10 Creating Interpolation Functions from Data
12. 12.11 Testing for Statistically Significant Difference Between Groups Using ANOVA
13. 12.12 Hypothesis Testing with Categorical Data
14. 12.13 Grouping Data into Clusters
15. 12.14 Creating Common Statistical Plots
16. 12.15 Quasi-Random Number Generation
17. 12.16 Creating Stochastic Simulations
Chapter 13 Science and Engineering
1. 13.0 Introduction
2. 13.1 Working with Element Data
3. 13.2 Working with Chemical Data
4. 13.3 Working with Particle Data
5. 13.4 Working with Genetic Data and Protein Data
6. 13.5 Modeling Predator-Prey Dynamics
7. 13.6 Solving Basic Rigid Bodies Problems
8. 13.7 Solving Problems in Kinematics
9. 13.8 Computing Normal Modes for Coupled Mass Problems
10. 13.9 Modeling a Vibrating String
11. 13.10 Modeling Electrical Circuits
12. 13.11 Modeling Truss Structures Using the Finite Element Method
Chapter 14 Financial Engineering
1. 14.0 Introduction
2. 14.1 Leveraging Mathematica’s Bundled Financial Data
3. 14.2 Importing Financial Data from Websites
4. 14.3 Present Value of Future Cash Flows
5. 14.4 Interest Rate Sensitivity of Bonds
6. 14.5 Constructing and Manipulating Yield Curves
7. 14.6 Black-Scholes for European Option Pricing
8. 14.7 Computing the Implied Volatility of Financial Derivatives
9. 14.8 Speeding Up NDSolve When Solving Black-Scholes and Other PDEs
10. 14.9 Developing an Explicit Finite Difference Method for the Black-Scholes Formula
11. 14.10 Compiling an Implementation of Explicit Trinomial for Fast Pricing of American Options
12. 14.11 Modeling the Value-at-Risk of a Portfolio Using Monte Carlo and Other Methods
13. 14.12 Visualizing Trees for Interest-Rate Sensitive Instruments
Chapter 15 Interactivity
1. 15.0 Introduction
2. 15.1 Manipulating a Variable
3. 15.2 Manipulating a Symbolic Expression
4. 15.3 Manipulating a Plot
5. 15.4 Creating Expressions for Which Value Dynamically Updates
6. 15.5 Intercepting the Values of a Control Attached to a Dynamic Expression
7. 15.6 Controlling Updates of Dynamic Values
8. 15.7 Using DynamicModule As a Scoping Construct in Interactive Notebooks
9. 15.8 Using Scratch Variables with DynamicModule to Balance Speed Versus Space
10. 15.9 Making a Manipulate Self-Contained
11. 15.10 Remembering the Values Found Using Manipulate
12. 15.11 Improving Performance of Manipulate by Segregating Fast and Slow Operations
13. 15.12 Localizing a Function in a Manipulate
14. 15.13 Sharing DynamicModule Variables across Cell or Window Boundaries
15. 15.14 Creating Your Own Custom Controls
16. 15.15 Animating an Expression
17. 15.16 Creating Custom Interfaces
18. 15.17 Managing a Large Number of Controls in Limited Screen Real Estate
Chapter 16 Parallel Mathematica
1. 16.0 Introduction
2. 16.1 Configuring Local Kernels
3. 16.2 Configuring Remote Services Kernels
4. 16.3 Sending a Command to Multiple Kernels for Parallel Evaluation
5. 16.4 Automatically Parallelizing Existing Serial Expressions
6. 16.5 Distributing Data Segments in Parallel and Combining the Results
7. 16.6 Implementing Data-Parallel Algorithms by Using ParallelMap
8. 16.7 Decomposing a Problem into Parallel Data Sets
9. 16.8 Choosing an Appropriate Distribution Method
10. 16.9 Running Different Algorithms in Parallel and Accepting the First to Complete
11. 16.10 Sharing Data Between Parallel Kernels
12. 16.11 Preventing Race Conditions When Multiple Kernels Access a Shared Resource
13. 16.12 Organizing Parallel Processing Operations Using a Pipeline Approach
14. 16.13 Processing a Massive Number of Files Using the Map-Reduce Technique
15. 16.14 Diagnosing Parallel Processing Performance
16. 16.15 Measuring the Overhead of Parallelization in Your Environment
Chapter 17 Interfacing Mathematica
1. 17.0 Introduction
2. 17.1 Calling External Command Line Programs from Mathematica
3. 17.2 Launching Windows Programs from Mathematica
4. 17.3 Connecting the Frontend to a Remote Kernel
5. 17.4 Using Mathematica with C and C++
6. 17.5 Using Mathematica with Java
7. 17.6 Using Mathematica to Interact with Microsoft’s .NET Framework
8. 17.7 Using the Mathematica Kernel from a .NET Application
9. 17.8 Querying a Database
10. 17.9 Updating a Database
11. 17.10 Introspection of Databases
Chapter 18 Tricks of the Trade
1. 18.0 Introduction
2. 18.1 Cleaning Up During Incremental Development
3. 18.2 Modifying Built-in Functions and Constants
4. 18.3 Locating Undocumented Functions
5. 18.4 Packaging Your Mathematica Solutions into Libraries for Others to Use
6. 18.5 Compiling Functions to Improve Performance
7. 18.6 Automating and Standardizing the Appearance of Notebooks Using Stylesheets
8. 18.7 Transforming Notebooks into Other Forms
9. 18.8 Calling into the Mathematica Frontend
10. 18.9 Initializing and Cleaning Up Automatically
11. 18.10 Customizing Frontend User Interaction
Chapter 19 Debugging and Testing
1. 19.0 Introduction
2. 19.1 Printing as the First Recourse to Debugging
3. 19.2 Debugging Functions Called Many Times
4. 19.3 Stack Tracing to Debug Recursive Functions
5. 19.4 Taming Trace to Extract Useful Debugging Information
6. 19.5 Creating a Poor Man’s Mathematica Debugger
7. 19.6 Debugging Built-In Functions with Evaluation and Step Monitors
8. 19.7 Visual Debugging with Wolfram Workbench
9. 19.8 Writing Unit Tests to Help Ensure Correctness of Your Code
10. 19.9 Creating MUnit Tests Where Success Is Not Based on Equality Testing
11. 19.10 Organizing and Controlling MUnit Tests and Test Suites
12. 19.11 Integrating Wolfram Workbench’s MUnit Package into the Frontend

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Chapter 1 Numerics

1.0 Introduction

1.1 Controlling Precision and Accuracy

1.2 Mixing Different Numerical Types

1.3 Representing Numbers in Other Bases

1.4 Extracting the Digits of a Number

1.5 Working with Intervals

1.6 Converting Between Numerical Types

1.7 Displaying Numbers in Alternate Forms

Chapter 2 Functional Programming

2.0 Introduction

2.1 Mapping Functions with More Than One Argument

2.2 Holding Arbitrary Arguments

2.3 Creating Functions That Automatically Map Over Lists

2.4 Mapping Multiple Functions in a Single Pass

2.5 Keeping Track of the Index of Each Item As You Map

2.6 Mapping a Function over a Moving Sublist

2.7 Using Prefix and Postfix Notation to Produce More Readable Code

2.8 Defining Indexed Functions

2.9 Understanding the Use of Fold As an Alternative to Recursion

2.10 Incremental Construction of Lists

2.11 Computing Through Repeated Function Application

2.12 Building a Function Through Iteration

2.13 Exploiting Function Composition and Inverse Functions

2.14 Implementing Closures

2.15 Currying in Mathematica

2.16 Creating Functions with Default Values

2.17 Creating Functions That Accept Options

Chapter 3 Data Structures

3.0 Introduction

3.1 Ensuring the Most Efficient Representation of Numerical Lists

3.2 Sorting Lists

3.3 Determining Order Without Sorting

3.4 Extracting the Diagonals of a Matrix

3.5 Constructing Matrices of Specific Structure

3.6 Constructing Permutation and Shift Matrices

3.7 Manipulating Rows and Columns of Matrices

3.8 Using Sparse Arrays to Conserve Memory

3.9 Manipulating Deeply Nested Lists Using Functions with Level Specifications

3.10 Implementing Bit Vectors and Using Format to Customize Their Presentation

3.11 Implementing Trees and Traversals Using Lists

3.12 Implementing Ordered Associative Lookup Using a Red-Black Tree

3.13 Exploiting Mathematica’s Built-In Associative Lookup

3.14 Constructing Graphs Using the Combinatorica’ Package

3.15 Using Graph Algorithms to Extract Information from Graphs

Chapter 4 Patterns and Rule-Based Programming

4.0 Introduction

4.1 Collecting Items That Match (or Don’t Match) a Pattern

4.2 Excluding Items That Match (or Don’t Match) a Pattern

4.3 Counting Items That Match a Pattern

4.4 Replacing Parts of an Expression

4.5 Finding the Longest (or Shortest) Match for a Pattern

4.6 Implementing Algorithms in Terms of Rules

4.7 Debugging Infinite Loops When Using ReplaceRepeated

4.8 Preventing Evaluation Until Replace Is Complete

4.9 Manipulating Patterns with Patterns

4.10 Optimizing Rules

4.11 Using Patterns As a Query Language

4.12 Semantic Pattern Matching

4.13 Unification Pattern Matching

Chapter 5 String and Text Processing

5.0 Introduction

5.1 Comparing Strings

5.2 Removing and Replacing Characters from Strings

5.3 Extracting Characters and Substrings

5.4 Duplicating a String

5.5 Matching and Searching Text

5.6 Tokenizing Text

5.7 Working with Natural Language Dictionaries

5.8 Importing XML

5.9 Transforming XML Using Patterns and Rules

5.10 Transforming XML Using Recursive Functions (à la XSLT)

5.11 Writing Parsers and Grammars in Mathematica

Chapter 6 Two-Dimensional Graphics and Plots

6.0 Introduction

6.1 Plotting Functions in Cartesian Coordinates

6.2 Plotting in Polar Coordinates

6.3 Creating Plots Parametrically

6.4 Plotting Data

6.5 Mixing Two or More Graphs into a Single Graph