4.16.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

4.16.2.1 How to perform a multi-peak fitting?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/26336/how-to-perform-a-multi-peak-fitting

 
I am wondering how to implement the multi-peak detecting and fitting in Mathematica. Following is an example of fitting the data using three peaks (such that the data ~ peak1 + peak2 + peak3). 
 
 
 
The  ...
 

- asked by Everett You (43 votes), answered by Silvia (45 votes)

4.16.2.2 How to make an inkblot?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/3345/how-to-make-an-inkblot

 
How to effectively create a polygon that looks like a realistic inkblot? So far, I could come up with this (borrowing from Ed Pegg Jr.'s Rorschach demonstration): 
 
RandomBlot[num_, opts___] :=  ...
 

- asked by István Zachar (84 votes), answered by Sjoerd C. de Vries (47 votes)