7.27.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

7.27.2.1 Calling Correct Function for Plotting DiracDelta

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=3506

I am wondering what is the correct function in Mathematica to plot the true impulse function, better known as the  DiracDelta[]  function. When using this inside of a ... 
[plotting] [functions]
 

asked by night owl https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=116 17 votes

answered by Heike https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=46 19 votes

7.27.2.2 How to perform a multi-peak fitting?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=26336

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 ... 
[fitting] [data] [peak-detection]
 

asked by Everett You https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1389 55 votes

answered by Silvia https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=17 55 votes

7.27.2.3 Code that generates a mandala

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=136974

My little brother asked me to print original mandalas for coloring. I would like some idea on how to create them, but without color, so he can color them. 
 
examples 
[graphics] [programming] [generative-art]
 

asked by zeros https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=26849 75 votes

answered by Anton Antonov https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=34008 99 votes

7.27.2.4 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 52 votes

answered by Dr. belisarius https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=193 67 votes

7.27.2.5 Plot data from txt file?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=5910

I have data in file.txt which can be expressed by 20000x11 matrix. I do not want to import all of these data. How can I plot graph of the column 1 & column 4? 
[plotting] [import]
 

asked by Gokce https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1297 21 votes

answered by user1066 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=106 24 votes

7.27.2.6 How can I transpose x and y axis on a Plot?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=18655

This question has appeared in various forms online, but I have not yet seen a complete answer, so I am posting it here. 
 
More specifically, suppose I have a function 
 
... 
[plotting] [graphics]
 

asked by merlin2011 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5619 16 votes

7.27.2.7 How can I plot a graph of an integral?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=78451

I want to plot the following function: 
 
$$\int \left(\frac{\Gamma (x+1)}{2}-\frac{\Gamma (x-1)}{2}\right) \, dx$$ 
[plotting]
 

asked by Anixx https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=651 5 votes

answered by k_v https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=24727 10 votes