6.5.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

6.5.2.1 My Girlfriend is going to prison...Save her with Math

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=135937

Salacious title, but true story. 
 
dmethyl1 = { 
{0, 0}, 
{.25, 1}, 
{.5, 7}, 
{1, 26}, 
{1.5, 40}, 
{2, 45}, 
{2.5, 45}, 
{3, 44}, 
{3.5, 44}, 
{4,  ... 
[plotting] [interpolation] [modeling]
 

asked by Prisoners Dilema https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=46025 42 votes

answered by bobthechemist https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=7167 23 votes

6.5.2.2 Calculate the 2D Fourier transform of an Image

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=29203

I am new to Mathematica, and using version 8.0. 
 
I would like to calculate the 2D Fourier Transform of an Image with Mathematica and plot the magnitude and phase spectrum, as well as reconstruct the  ... 
[image-processing] [image] [fourier-analysis]
 

asked by user8727 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8727 14 votes

answered by Nasser https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=70 32 votes

6.5.2.3 Help find a bright object on Mars!

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=11819

In today's news, scientists found a bright object on one of Curiosity's photos (it's near the bottom of the picture below). It's a bit tricky to find - I actually spent quite some time staring at the  ... 
[image-processing]
 

asked by Victor K. https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1351 197 votes

answered by Niki Estner https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=242 255 votes

6.5.2.4 Are you interested in purchasing David Wagner's "Power programming with Mathematica"?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=16485

I recently contacted McGraw-Hill to see if they have a mechanism in place for printing out-of-print books that are still of interest.  Specifically, I asked about "Power programming with Mathematica"  ... 
[reference-request]
 

asked by Todd Allen https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=249 158 votes

answered by Todd Allen https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=249 232 votes

6.5.2.5 Even Fibonacci numbers

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=37266

Today, I found the Euler Project. Problem #2 is 
 
 
Each new term in the Fibonacci sequence is generated by adding the previous two terms. By starting with 1 and 2, the first 10 terms will be: 
 
1,  ... 
[number-theory] [project-euler]
 

asked by xyz https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9627 34 votes

answered by rcollyer https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=52 46 votes

6.5.2.6 What does # mean in Mathematica?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=19035

I asked Mathematica to compute the following 
 
Solve[c (1-x)^2-x^(1/4) == 0, x] 
 
 
and it returned this: 
 
 
x = Root[#1^8 c^4 - 8 #1^7 c^4 + 28 #1^6 c^4 - 56 #1^5 c^4 + 70 #1^4 c^4 - 56 #1^3 c^4 + 28  ... 
[syntax] [core-language]
 

asked by ronanymous https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5730 37 votes

answered by Dr. belisarius https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=193 63 votes

6.5.2.7 How to ask Mathematica to imitate Andy Warhol's pop-art painting?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=59132

I tried to ask Mathematica to imitate Andy Warhol, let it convert a Marilyn Monroe's portrait so that it looks like Warhol's world famous pop-art painting. However, the result shown below is far from  ... 
[image-processing] [generative-art]
 

asked by Putterboy https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16069 50 votes

answered by Dr. belisarius https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=193 65 votes