10.43.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

10.43.2.1 How to make a Spherical Cow?
10.43.2.2 What does # mean in Mathematica?
10.43.2.3 Mathematica Minecraft
10.43.2.4 How to express trigonometric equation in terms of of given trigonometric function?
10.43.2.5 QR Code in shopping cart handle
10.43.2.6 Entering numbers in Scientific Notation?
10.43.2.7 Positioning axes labels
10.43.2.1 How to make a Spherical Cow?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=125043

Being a theoretical physicist, I always have a great respect for Spherical Cow. So I thought about making one myself. I am not sure how can I create (something considered to be the simplest!) this ... 
[geometry] [image3d]
 
asked by Sumit https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8070 Score of 75
answered by andre314 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5467 Score of 83
10.43.2.2 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 ... 
[syntax] [core-language]
 
asked by ronanymous https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5730 Score of 51
answered by Dr. belisarius https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=193 Score of 80
10.43.2.3 Mathematica Minecraft

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=19669

Some time ago I asked myself: with all these great graphics and interactive capabilities of Mathematica, what kinds of 3D games can be implemented in it?  And the answer which came to mind is ... 
[programming] [dynamic] [graphics3d] [eventhandler] [development]
 
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answered by faleichik https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=219 Score of 255
10.43.2.4 How to express trigonometric equation in terms of of given trigonometric function?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=434

How can I express a trigonometric equation / identity in terms of a given trigonometric function? 
 
using following trigonometric identities 
 
... 
[functions] [trigonometry]
 
asked by Prashant Bhate https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=99 Score of 31
answered by Simon https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=34 Score of 38
10.43.2.5 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 203
answered by halirutan https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=187 Score of 197
10.43.2.6 Entering numbers in Scientific Notation?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=36792

I need to play with a lot of powers such as  10^-3 .  1E-3  does not work for it. Is there any short form for it? 
[number-representation]
 
asked by hhh https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2000 Score of 84
answered by Joe https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=44710 Score of 4
10.43.2.7 Positioning axes labels

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=87388

I need to change the position of my axes labels such that the y-axis label is in the middle and parallel to the y-axis. I'd also like the x-axis label to be in the middle of the x-axis rather than ... 
[plotting] [graphics]
 
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answered by Virgil https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=27697 Score of 19