9.4.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

9.4.2.1 Is there an open source implementation of Mathematica-the-language?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=4454

I've seen questions before such as "What is the best open-source equivalent for Mathematica?", but that specific question (and that line of inquiry in general) cares more about the computer algebra ... 
[programming] [open-source]
 

asked by sblom https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=178 Score of 129

answered by Simon https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=34 Score of 91

9.4.2.2 Figuring when the minute and hour hand coincide on a clock

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=573

I would like to list all possible times in a 12-hour period, where the hour hand overlaps the minute hand completely.  This is really a question about three distinct things - to be done in Mathematica ... 
[equation-solving]
 

asked by Steve D https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=191 Score of 16

answered by Verbeia https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8 Score of 22

9.4.2.3 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 Score of 53

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

9.4.2.4 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 Score of 57

answered by Silvia https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=17 Score of 56

9.4.2.5 Skip header lines on import

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=50718

When importing a data file what are the comment symbols for Mathematica? 
That is, given a file like this 
 
 blabla 
bulbul 
 
1 2 6 54 7 ... 
.. 
 
 
what symbol do I have ... 
[import] [text]
 

asked by MaxJ https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=14687 Score of 21

answered by george2079 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2079 Score of 18

9.4.2.6 QR Code in shopping cart handle

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=26268

This week, the market people from my work wanted to put QR codes in shopping cart handles, but when they tested it, the QR code did not work. I noted that the cylindrical curvature (even small) ... 
[image-processing]
 

asked by Murta https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2266 Score of 202

answered by halirutan https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=187 Score of 197

9.4.2.7 Finding Limits in several variables

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=21544

Is there a way to find a limit of a multivariable function, like 
 
$$\lim_{(x,y)\to (0,0)} f(x,y)$$ 
with Mathematica? 
 
When $f$ is continuous, we can use 
$$\lim_{(x,y)\to (0,0)} f(x,y)=\lim_{(x,0)\... 
[functions] [calculus-and-analysis]
 

asked by Dominic Michaelis https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5899 Score of 33

answered by whuber https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=91 Score of 42