8.11.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

8.11.2.1 Image processing: Floor plan - detecting rooms' borders (area) and room names' texts

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=19546

Here is a simple building floor plan. I would like to derive the rooms as (rectangular) components and the names of the rooms. This is very common representation of building floor plans. 
 
The problem 
 
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[image-processing]
 

asked by s.s.o https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=840 Score of 65

answered by Niki Estner https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=242 Score of 60

8.11.2.2 How to create animated snowfall?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=16881

Well, the title is self-explanatory. What sorts of snowfall can we generate using Mathematica? There are two options I suggest to consider: 
 
1) Continuous GIF animations with smallest possible number ... 
[dynamic] [random] [animation] [generative-art]
 

asked by faleichik https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=219 Score of 41

answered by Simon Woods https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=862 Score of 54

8.11.2.3 How to create a new "person curve"?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=17704

Wolfram|Alpha has a whole collectionź of parametric curves that create images of famous people. To see them, enter  WolframAlpha["person curve"]  into a Mathematica ... 
[graphics] [image-processing] [algorithm] [wolfram-alpha-queries] [generative-art]
 

asked by Simon https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=34 Score of 87

answered by Vitaliy Kaurov https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13 Score of 47

8.11.2.4 How to calculate scalar curvature, Ricci tensor and Christoffel symbols in Mathematica?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=8895

I am seeking a convenient and effective way to calculate such geometric quantities. I've used packages like  TensoriaCalc , but they don't work at all time. Sometimes,... 
[symbolic] [physics] [tensors] [differential-geometry]
 

asked by Zoe Rowa https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1713 Score of 47

answered by Yi-Zen Chu https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4869 Score of 23

8.11.2.5 How do I clear all user defined symbols?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=850

Is there some way to do this other than going to  Evaluation -> Quit kernel  and firing a new one up? 
[variable-definitions] [symbols] [faq] [clear] [persistence]
 

asked by niklasfi https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=82 Score of 102

answered by Artes https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=184 Score of 103

8.11.2.6 How to calculate contour integrals with Mathematica?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=34073

How to calculate the integral of $\frac{1}{\sqrt{4 z^2 + 4 z + 3}}$ over the unit circle counterclockwise for each branch of the integrand? 
[calculus-and-analysis] [complex]
 

asked by user64494 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=7152 Score of 43

answered by Artes https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=184 Score of 67

8.11.2.7 What do the X and Y axis stand for in the Fourier transform domain?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=85139

In Wolfram Mathematica the function  Fourier  has the following declaration 
 
 Fourier[list] 
 
 
And after a list is given to the ... 
[numerics] [fourier-analysis] [faq]
 

asked by user253956 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=29958 Score of 29

answered by Hugh https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=12558 Score of 68