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Browsable Index
Back quote (`), as context mark,
392
in package names,
207,
640
Back solving,
832
Back substitution, in systems of equations,
846
Back-tracking,
48
Background,
444,
452,
504,
574,
604,
612,
619,
1087
Background color, for text, Background,
444,
612,
1087
Background lighting, AmbientLight,
545,
1079
\backprime (TeX), \[RawBackquote]
(`),
1010
Backquote,
1015
Backs of polygons,
529
Backslash, at end of line,
1038
different forms of,
191
inside strings,
415
\[Backslash]
( ),
191,
985,
1002,
1355
\backslash (TeX), \[Backslash]
(),
1002
Backslash notations,
462
Backslash sequences, activating,
177
Backtab indicator, \[LeftArrowBar]
( ),
1006
Bags, saving expressions in, Sow,
355,
1286
Band structure calculations, MathieuS,
789,
1207
Band-diagonal matrices, SparseArray,
297,
1287
Banded matrices, ListConvolve,
937,
1200
Bang, Factorial (!),
31,
757,
1143
Not (!),
87,
1221
Bar, as diacritical mark,
998
input of,
188
vertical, \[VerticalBar]
( ),
1005
vertical (|), Alternatives,
269,
1079
vertical (||), Or,
87,
1233
\bar (TeX), OverBar,
472,
989
Barbed arrow, \[RightVector]
( ),
1007
BarChart,
168
Barnes extended hypergeometric function, HypergeometricPFQ,
781,
1172
Barred characters, AdjustmentBox,
455,
1078
Base directories,
1063
setting,
1055
BASE environment variables,
1055
$BaseDirectory,
637,
1064,
1325
BaseForm,
438,
725,
1088
Baseline, of expressions,
451
of GridBox, GridBaseline,
449,
1166
of inline cells, CellBaseline,
605,
1097
Baseline,
451
\baselineskip (TeX), LineSpacing,
611,
1196
Bases, for numbers,
725
for printing of numbers,
438
numbers in various,
1021
numbers in various, IntegerDigits,
725,
1181
numbers in various, RealDigits,
725,
1258
Basic Input palette,
14
Basis, Grobner, GroebnerBasis,
805,
1168
Basis vectors, reduced, LatticeReduce,
754,
1191
Batch files,
59,
623
test for, $BatchInput,
715,
1326
Batch mode,
1057
constraining resources in,
712
executing Mathematica in,
707
$BatchInput,
715,
1326
$BatchOutput,
715,
1326
Bateman functions, Hypergeometric1F1,
779,
1171
BDF methods, NDSolve,
979,
1216
\[Because]
( ),
1001,
1355
Beck parameters, Partition,
293,
1240
Beep,
51
Begin,
398,
400,
1088
Beginning of list, First,
122,
1149
BeginPackage,
398,
1088
Bell curve, NormalDistribution,
794
Below, underscript,
180
UnderscriptBox,
445,
1315
Below parenthesis, \[UnderParenthesis]
( ),
997
Bent brackets, \[LeftAngleBracket]
( ),
1002
Bernoulli equations, DSolve,
873,
1129
Bernoulli numbers, BernoulliB,
758,
1088
Bernoulli polynomials, BernoulliB,
758,
1088
BernoulliB,
757,
758,
1088
BernoulliDistribution,
796
Bessel equation, inhomogeneous, StruveH,
776,
1293
Bessel function simplification, FullSimplify,
813,
1159
Bessel functions, BesselJ,
776,
1088
hyperbolic, BesselI,
776,
1088
modified, BesselI,
776,
1088
spherical,
776
BesselI,
775,
776,
890,
1088
BesselJ,
775,
776,
1088
BesselK,
775,
776,
1089
BesselY,
775,
776,
1089
\[Bet]
( ),
993,
1355
Beta,
770,
771,
1089
\[Beta]
( ),
175,
990,
1355
Beta function, Beta,
770,
1089
incomplete, Beta,
771,
1089
regularized, BetaRegularized,
771,
1089
BetaRegularized,
770,
771,
1089
\beth (TeX), \[Bet]
(),
993
Bezier curves,
555
\bf (TeX), FontWeight,
444,
612,
1152
Bibliography,
1066
Biconditional, Equal (==),
84,
1135
Big numbers,
33,
731
\bigcap (TeX), \[Intersection]
( ),
1002,
1184
\bigcirc (TeX), \[EmptyCircle]
( ),
995
\bigcup (TeX), \[Union]
( ),
1002,
1315
Bigfloats,
731
Bignums, in MathLink,
675
\biguplus (TeX), \[UnionPlus]
( ),
1002
bin directory, $BaseDirectory,
637,
1325
Binaries, naming of,
676
Binary compatibility, for .mx files,
627
Binary digits, IntegerDigits,
725,
1181
Binary files, in MS-DOS, DOSTextFormat,
1054
Binary numbers,
438,
725,
1021
Binary operators, iteration of, FoldList,
243,
1151
Binary save, DumpSave,
627,
1129
Bind name, LinkCreate,
680,
1197
Binding of operators,
29,
233,
468,
1031
in output,
474
Binding power, table of for operators,
1024
Binomial,
757,
1089
implementation of,
1067
BinomialDistribution,
796
Biomedical image format, exporting, Export,
568,
1141
importing, Import,
570,
1176
Biquadratic (quartic) equations,
820
Bird tracks, \[AliasIndicator]
( ),
1009
Bit count, DigitCount,
755,
1123
Bit operations,
756
BitAnd,
756,
1089
Bitfields,
756
Bitmap, Raster,
492,
497,
1255
Bitmap graphics formats, exporting, Export,
568,
1141
importing, Import,
570,
1176
BitNot,
756,
1090
BitOr,
756,
1090
Bitwise operations,
756
BitXor,
756,
1090
Black,
499
Black blobs, \[SelectionPlaceholder]
( ),
1008
Black letter characters,
992
Black square, \[SelectionPlaceholder]
(),
199,
587
Black-and-white display, ColorOutput,
564,
1106
Blackboard characters,
992
\blacklozenge (TeX), \[FilledDiamond]
( ),
995
Blanch's Newton method, MathieuS,
1068,
1207
Blank (_),
110,
113,
259,
1024,
1030,
1090
Blank lines, discarding input with, $BatchInput,
715,
1326
Blank notebook, NotebookCreate,
592,
1222
BlankNullSequence (___),
273,
1030,
1090
Blanks,
110,
259
double,
273
in palettes, \[Placeholder]
( ),
199,
587
scope of,
386
triple,
273
types of,
1049
BlankSequence (__),
273,
1030,
1091
BLAS,
1069
Blob, Disk,
496,
1125
during input, ShowCursorTracker,
613,
1072,
1281
Blobs, in buttons,
55
Bloch's Theorem,
789
Block,
389,
391,
1091
Block matrices, Take,
898,
1301
Blocking, in MathLink,
701
Blocking lists, Partition,
128,
292,
1240
Blocks, compared with modules,
391
in arrays, Partition,
130,
1240
Blocks (procedures),
111
Module,
378,
1213
Blue,
500
BMP, exporting, Export,
568,
1141
importing, Import,
570,
1176
Bocharov techniques, DSolve,
1071,
1129
Boilerplate, for MathLink programs,
659
Bold fonts,
444,
558,
612
Boldface, FontWeight,
444,
612,
1152
\boldmath (TeX), FontWeight,
444,
612,
1152
Book style definitions,
602
Books, of integrals,
864
Boolean expressions,
86,
87
evaluation in,
347,
1046
expansion of, LogicalExpand,
87,
1203
input of,
1033
Boolean satisfiability, FindInstance,
845,
1147
Boolean tests, Equal (==),
84,
1135
Booleans,
817,
1091
Boot time, network licenses and,
1058
Borders of polygons in three dimensions, EdgeForm,
528,
1130
\bot (TeX), \[UpTee]
( ),
1007
Bottom,
451
Bottom of an expression,
451
Bottom of fraction, Denominator,
74,
1120
Bottom parenthesis, \[UnderParenthesis]
(),
997
Bound variables, in pure functions,
249
scoping of,
385
Boundary conditions, for NDSolve,
962
in differential equations,
871
in rules,
310
Bounding box, in three-dimensional graphics,
530,
531
in two-dimensional graphics,
507
Bounding sphere,
536
Box, around expression, FrameBox,
446,
1156
\[Square]
( ),
1002
Box coordinate system,
535
Box options, setting globally,
615
BoxAutoDelete,
448
BoxBaselineShift,
455
BoxData,
600
Boxed,
151,
549,
1091
Boxel, Cuboid,
524,
1116
Boxes,
444
around cells, CellFrame,
604,
1098
around two-dimensional plots, Frame,
134,
511,
514,
1155
converting to, ToBoxes,
428,
464,
1307
displaying, DisplayForm,
445,
1126
entering raw,
463
for representing textual forms,
427
in book style,
602
in strings,
461,
1020
input forms for,
462
pasting of,
461
raw,
461
representation by strings,
460
sequence of, RowBox,
445,
1267
BoxMargins,
455
BoxRatios,
531,
1091
for SurfaceGraphics,
531
BoxStyle,
503,
550,
1091
Bra, \[LeftAngleBracket]
(),
1002
Brace, horizontal, \[UnderBrace]
( ),
997
\brace (TeX), GridBox,
445,
1167
Braces,
42,
1022
colored, ShowAutoStyles,
613,
1280
\brack (TeX), GridBox,
445,
1167
Bracket, horizontal, \[UnderBracket]
( ),
997
Bracketed objects,
1021
Brackets,
42,
1021
advantages of square,
35
cell,
49
cell, ShowCellBracket,
604,
1280
colored, ShowAutoStyles,
613,
1280
double,
42,
1023
flashing of, DelimiterFlashTime,
613,
1120
reading data containing, RecordSeparators,
648,
1259
square,
31,
1023
types of,
42,
1021
Branch, If,
345,
1173
in programs,
1046
Branch cuts,
762
Branches, in expression trees,
237
Break,
353,
1092
\break (TeX), \[NewLine]
( ),
460
Break (interrupt),
62
Break loops, dialogs,
707
Breaking, of output lines, PageWidth,
635,
1237
of pages in output,
609
Breaking of words, Hyphenation,
609,
1173
Breakpoints, in MathLink programs,
691
Breaks, in strings,
415
inhibiting line, \[NoBreak]
( ),
459
Brent-McMillan algorithm, EulerGamma,
1067,
1136
Brent's method, FindRoot,
1068,
1149
\[Breve]
( ),
999,
1355
Breve mark,
998
Brightness, GrayLevel,
499,
1165
Bromwich integral, InverseLaplaceTransform,
875,
1188
Bronstein algorithm, DSolve,
1071,
1129
RSolve,
1071,
1269
Browser, help,
57
BrowserCategories files,
1063
BrowserIndex files,
1063
Buchberger algorithm, GroebnerBasis,
1070,
1168
Buffering, double,
1071
Bugs, in Mathematica,
226
\buildrel (TeX), OverscriptBox,
445,
1235
Built-in functions, alphabetical listing of all,
1073
attributes of,
329
context of,
393
modifying,
321
naming conventions for,
40,
1039
overriding,
321
tracing of, Trace,
357,
1310
Built-in rules, application of,
335
Built-up fractions,
178
entering,
36
formatting of, FractionBox,
445,
1155
Bulb, \[LightBulb]
( ),
995
Bullet, \[FilledSmallCircle]
( ),
995
\[Bullet]
( ),
192,
996,
1355
Bullseye, \[CircleDot]
( ),
1002
\bumpeq (TeX), \[HumpEqual]
( ),
1003
Business graphics,
168
Business Week,
ix
ButtonBox,
448,
595,
1092
ButtonCell,
582
ButtonContents,
598
ButtonData,
597,
1092
ButtonEvaluator,
597,
1093
ButtonExpandable,
452,
1093
ButtonFrame,
452,
1093
ButtonFunction,
597,
1093
ButtonMargins,
452,
1094
ButtonMinHeight,
452,
1094
ButtonNote,
597,
1094
ButtonNotebook,
579,
1094
Buttons, editing,
595
for special characters,
174,
982
formatting of,
452
functions used in,
585
in notebooks,
54
in palettes,
35,
199
ButtonSource,
597,
1094
ButtonStyle,
452,
595,
1095
BVPs, NDSolve,
962,
1216
Byte,
646,
1095
Byte array,
1016
Byte swap,
678
ByteCount,
714,
1095
$ByteOrdering,
717,
1326
Bytes, characters as, ToCharacterCode,
423,
1307
in files, FileByteCount,
641,
1145
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