6.17 Tuesday, September 8, 2015

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Top new questions this week: 
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[Mathematica 10.0.x freezes in Initializing kernels] (http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/92931/mathematica-10-0-x-freezes-in-initializing-kernels)

I updated to Windows 10 and have been running Mathematica fine on it for over a month. For some reason, it has just stopped working. I don’t remember any Windows updates occurring which would have ...

- asked by mitcheljh (41 votes), answered by ilian (54 votes)

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[How to restore corrupted files?] (http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/92814/how-to-restore-corrupted-files)

I have a file that I can’t reopen because MMa was "Not Responding" and I had to shut it down.

I found links online to this: http://support.wolfram.com/kb/12423

I executed those two instructions in a ...

- asked by Jerry Guern (13 votes), answered by Lou (11 votes)

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[No help from ?-command] (http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/94165/no-help-from-command)

I recently upgraded to Mathematica 10.2, and there seem to be a problem with the help system. When typing

?Integrate

I get the following output

Integrate 
System` 
CreateUUID["Info-"] 
False 
False 
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- asked by mickep (12 votes), answered by ilian (11 votes)

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[Syntax for using Tooltip in DiscretePlot] (http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/93990/syntax-for-using-tooltip-in-discreteplot)

Tooltip works fine in ListPlot:

ListPlot[Table[Tooltip[PDF[PoissonDistribution[10], x]], {x, 0, 20}]]

in which the decimal value of the distribution at a point is revealed when a cursor is placed ...

- asked by David G. Stork (10 votes), answered by march (10 votes)

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[Fast way to pass an array of integers to Java using JLink] (http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/92878/fast-way-to-pass-an-array-of-integers-to-java-using-jlink)

I am using a package from java to compress a list of integers, this package provide me two methods, one for compress and other one for uncompress. Each of these methods has a version to int [] arrays ...

- asked by d555 (10 votes), answered by Leonid Shifrin (8 votes)

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[How to share a notebook?] (http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/92848/how-to-share-a-notebook)

I have a folder in dropbox syncing to my desktop. I tried sharing a notebook file this way, but this generates lots of errors, conflicts, and data loss:

I have notebooks with Dynamic and other ...

- asked by M.R. (10 votes), answered by MarcoB (9 votes)

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[How do I remove roads from Mathematica maps?] (http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/93976/how-do-i-remove-roads-from-mathematica-maps)

I’m using GeoGraphics and Polygon[Interpreter["USState"]["Colorado"]] to create a map of Colorado and several bordering states. With automatic GeoStyling, I get a decent map with cities and roads ...

- asked by mmta no0b (9 votes), answered by Chip Hurst (17 votes)

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[Alternatives to Mathematica] (http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/28162/alternatives-to-mathematica)

Inspired by the recent question Alternatives to LaTeX (currently 58 upvotes) on http://tex.stackexchange.com/

Are there any paid-for or open source alternatives to Mathematica which produce equal or ...

- asked by akk (28 votes), answered by Sumit (18 votes)

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[What are the most common pitfalls awaiting new users?] (http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/18393/what-are-the-most-common-pitfalls-awaiting-new-users)

As you may already know, Mathematica is a wonderful piece of software. However, it has a few characteristics that tend to confuse new (and sometimes not-so-new) users. That can be clearly seen from ...

- asked by belisarius (264 votes), answered by Michael E2 (141 votes)

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[Help nedeed for understanding NDSolve architecture -Vacuum Heating Simulation] (http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/94163/help-nedeed-for-understanding-ndsolve-architecture-vacuum-heating-simulation)

I am a beginner in mathematica and I am facing a problem that is way bigger than my knowledge..

I am tryng to simulate a semplificated version of Brunel Effect, wich is a Laser-Plasma interaction ...

- asked by Cosimo (2 votes)

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[Strange behavior of autocomplete for ColorData] (http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/94135/strange-behavior-of-autocomplete-for-colordata)

I’m seeing very weird behavior when autocompleting:

Not sure if this is a bug. Is it?

(I have OSX v10.2)

- asked by M.R. (5 votes)

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[Open file menu bug with ubuntu dark theme] (http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/92825/open-file-menu-bug-with-ubuntu-dark-theme)

I’m using Mathematica on a Ubuntu with a dark theme. When I click on the open file menu option, it shows up with a white background and white letters. I can only see something if the folder or file is ...

- asked by Hugo Andrade (3 votes)