7.23 July 29, 2014
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Top new questions this week:
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[Best practice of passing a large number of parameters to
functions]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/55833/best-pr
actice-of-passing-a-large-number-of-parameters-to-functions}
I have a number of functions which all take a large number of
parameters. I am wondering which is the best practice of passing these
parameters to those functions. I could of course simply specify the ...
- asked by Uwe Thummel (16 votes), answered by Mr.Wizard (12 votes)
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[Is there a way to recreate the typical Red/Blue-Postereffect using
Mathematica?]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/55684/is-t
here-a-way-to-recreate-the-typical-red-blue-postereffect-using-mathemati
ca}
I think nearly all of us have at least once seen an image like this:
So I wondered whether it is possible to recreate this effect using
Mathematica because it seems like it wouldn't need that many ...
- asked by Levix (15 votes), answered by kale (14 votes)
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[How can I mend this broken
heart?]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/55905/how-can-i-
mend-this-broken-heart}
Try to evaluate the following code:
ContourPlot3D[(x^2 + 9/4 y^2 + z^2 - 1)^3 == x^2 z^3 + 9/80 y^2 z^3,
{x, -6/5, 6/5}, {y, -6/5, 6/5}, {z, -6/5, 3/2},
Mesh -> None, Boxed -> False, ...
- asked by LCFactorization (13 votes), answered by Rahul Narain (18
votes)
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[Geographic background containing both outlines and contours:
how?]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/55900/geographic-b
ackground-containing-both-outlines-and-contours-how}
I would like to create a map which will show lakes and rivers together
with elevation contours and contour labels. What is the simplest way to
do this with GeoGraphics in version 10?
The solution I ...
- asked by Szabolcs (11 votes), answered by WReach (11 votes)
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[What is the natural way of using Dataset to get a
FittedModel?]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/56110/what
-is-the-natural-way-of-using-dataset-to-get-a-fittedmodel}
The new Dataset in Mathematica 10 is a great addition to the language,
potentially reducing the convenience gap with R. Given this, I would
like to understand what the equivalent simple or natural ...
- asked by Simplex (10 votes), answered by WReach (5 votes)
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[Testing Credit Usage in Wolfram Programming
Cloud]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/55970/testing-cre
dit-usage-in-wolfram-programming-cloud}
I currently have a free WPC account, which I am using for testing
purposes. Amongst other things, I want to find out more about how the
credit system works, in particular how many credits are used, ...
- asked by Analyst (9 votes), answered by Analyst (5 votes)
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[Possible bug in
Dynamic]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/55855/possible-
bug-in-dynamic}
The code below crashes the Mathematica kernel in version 10 (not in V9)
every time I run it on Windows and on Mac OS. I've sent it to WRI, but
was told that they could not reproduce the crash.
Does ...
- asked by nikie (9 votes), answered by Michael E2 (4 votes)
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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[Even Fibonacci
numbers]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/37266/even-fibo
nacci-numbers}
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, ...
- asked by Tangshutao (22 votes), answered by rcollyer (29 votes)
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[Implementing efficient multiple
undo]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/1953/implementing-
efficient-multiple-undo}
At the time this question was asked, version 10 was not out yet. The
Front End of Mathematica 10 does have multiple undo, see the answer by
John Fultz.
The Mathematica Front End's built-in Undo ...
- asked by Rojo (111 votes), answered by John Fultz (30 votes)
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Can you answer these?
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[Result of Integrate depends on order of integration although the domain
is
rectangular]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/55868/resul
t-of-integrate-depends-on-order-of-integration-although-the-domain-is-re
cta}
The following:
Mass/(2 J)
Integrate[(-2Rotation(r^2(r-Mass)(1-3Cos[\[Theta]]^2) - Rotation^2(r Cos[\[Theta]]^2(3-Cos[\[Theta]]^2)-Mass(1+Cos[\[Theta]]^2)(2-Cos[\[Theta]]^2))))/(r^2+Rotation^2Cos[\[Theta]]^2)^2
- asked by auxsvr (2 votes)
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[PlotMarkers problem in ErrorListPlot, Mathematica
10]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/56132/plotmarkers-pr
oblem-in-errorlistplot-mathematica-10}
I recently upgraded to Mathematica 10, very excited about the multiple
undo function of course.
However I very quickly noticed that if I specify a setting for
PlotMarkers in the ErrorListPlot ...
- asked by nate (2 votes)
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[Unique CellID in-between
notebooks]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/55968/unique-
cellid-in-between-notebooks}
Documentation says that CellID is guaranteed to be unique for a given
notebook.
I've noticed that CellID are fairly high numbers and although
probabilistically speaking the odds of coincidence are ...
- asked by Ranza (2 votes)