5.1 Tuesday, December 27, 2016

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Top new questions this week: 
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[Partitioning a number into consecutive integers] http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/134252/partitioning-a-number-into-consecutive-integers

Consider n=45; then

\[1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9=45\] \[5+6+7+8+9+10=45\] \[7+8+9+10+11=45\] \[14+15+16=45\] \[22+23=45\]

Question: how to find all representations of a given positive integer n as a sum of ...

- asked by corey979 (17 votes), answered by corey979 (19 votes)

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[Why is my GIF shaky?] http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/134272/why-is-my-gif-shaky

As you can see, the circles are shaking vertically as they approaching each other. Why is that?

The code:

g = Table[ 
    Graphics[{Thickness[0.01], 
             Table[{ Circle[{0 + x, 0}, r],  ...

- asked by Jason (13 votes), answered by Sumit (10 votes)

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[Can Mathematica edit large binary files in-place?] http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/133973/can-mathematica-edit-large-binary-files-in-place

I have a very large binary data file (several hundred GB) which I would like to edit using Mathematica. The only edits required are a few isolated byte replacementsno insertions or deletions. Is it ...

- asked by David Zhang (12 votes)

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[Solving chess bishop problem] http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/134218/solving-chess-bishop-problem

I have generalized the problem in this way where I have a list

list=Tuples[Range[8],2]

I want to find the largest sublist in which the addition of the two entries for any two elements of the ...

- asked by m. bubu (10 votes), answered by ubpdqn (11 votes)

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[How to get such rule with a elegant method] http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/134227/how-to-get-such-rule-with-a-elegant-method

I have two lists:

list={{1,2,3,5},{5,3,9,11,12},{5,9,10,16}}; 
list2={{7,89},{96,5},{-6,-98}}; 
 
This is the expected result. 
 
 
{{1->{7,89},2->{7,89},3->{7,89},5->{7,89}}, 
  ...

- asked by yode (9 votes), answered by Mr.Wizard (9 votes)

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[Pseudo-currying in one line] http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/134315/pseudo-currying-in-one-line

Often when I’m writing OOP code using an object-manager association I find myself doing something akin to currying the arguments to some form of delegate object or head. (Building a one-argument ...

- asked by MB1965 (8 votes), answered by Bob Hanlon (8 votes)

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[How to create a multi-graphics plot (i.e. the decomposition of phase plane portrait) with well-organized structure?] http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/134228/how-to-create-a-multi-graphics-plot-i-e-the-decomposition-of-phase-plane-portr

Background

I am trying to create a three-graphics plot using the command GraphicsGrid[] to show the decomposition of the phase plane portrait; unfortunately, the plot created is very ugly since the ...

- asked by Liang.X (8 votes), answered by Sumit (8 votes)

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[Finding Limits in several variables] http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/21544/finding-limits-in-several-variables

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 \[\lim _{(x,y)\to (0,0)} \] ...

- asked by Dominic Michaelis (21 votes), answered by whuber (32 votes)

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[Can Mathematica do symbolic linear algebra?] http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/3242/can-mathematica-do-symbolic-linear-algebra

For instance, is there some way I can say "let A and B be arbitrary real \(m\times n\) and \(k\times m\) matrices, Simplify[Transpose[Transpose[A].Transpose[B]]]" and Mathematica would simplify it to B.A? ...

- asked by nikie (38 votes), answered by helen (19 votes)

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[Graph that shows how symbols are used in an expression] http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/134180/graph-that-shows-how-symbols-are-used-in-an-expression

I would like to make a graph to show how symbols build up an expression. For example, the matrix multiplication

$$ 
\left( 
\begin{array}{ccc} 
 a & b & c \\ 
 d & e & f \\ 
\end{array} 
 ...

- asked by ConvexMartian (4 votes)

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[Question about DynamicModule] http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/134063/question-about-dynamicmodule

I have a such custom function:

MyCopy := DynamicModule[{from, to}, 
  Print@Grid[{{FileNameSetter[Dynamic[from], "Directory"], 
      Dynamic[from]}, {FileNameSetter[Dynamic[to], "Directory"], 
       ...

- asked by yode (3 votes)

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[General solution of inscribed square problem] http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/134237/general-solution-of-inscribed-square-problem

There is my earlier question about Inscribed square problem

Now I tried to find the general solution for any curve \(f(x,y)=0\).

For instance :

\(\qquad \left (x^2+y^2-1\right )^3-x^2 y^3=0\)

...

- asked by vito (5 votes)