================================== Top new questions this week: ================================== [Visualisation of a recursive function]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/61323/visualis ation-of-a-recursive-function} Is there a way to nicely visualize recursive functions? (diagrams/plots) More specifically I'm looking for a way to make contrast (visually) between e.g. the cosine function which if continuously ... - asked by Phonon (16 votes), answered by ybeltukov (23 votes) ---------------------------- [Using an Image as the Fill/Texture (not background) of a Plot (not polygon)]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/61341/using-an -image-as-the-fill-texture-not-background-of-a-plot-not-polygon} Is it possible to use an image, rather than a color, or ColorFunction, as the filling for a plot? For instance, I want to make a plot using DateListPlot, and have set Filling->Axis, and would like ... - asked by iwantmyphd (11 votes), answered by Jens (4 votes) ---------------------------- [Intelligently formatting PDFs]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/61209/intelligentl y-formatting-pdfs} I'm exporting a Grid[] to a PDF. It's working, but it's real ugly. Here is an example of what it looks like: Possibly the first problem is the reason I posted a picture of (rather than sharing) the ... - asked by F dot Floss (11 votes), answered by Lou (5 votes) ---------------------------- [How to show matrix multiplication step by step?]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/61377/how-to-show -matrix-multiplication-step-by-step} Given a matrix, A: A = {{1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6}, {7, 8, 9}}; How can I do the matrix multiplication A times A step by step? - asked by Mats Granvik (8 votes), answered by ybeltukov (22 votes) ---------------------------- [How to deal with recursion formula in Mathematica?]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/61050/how- to-deal-with-recursion-formula-in-mathematica} In engineering problems, I am always seeing many recursion formula. For instance, In the book "The NURBS book", I discovered many recursion formula Fibonacci $$f(n+2)=f(n+1)+f(n)$$ deCasteljau ... - asked by Tangshutao (8 votes), answered by Igor Rivin (6 votes) ---------------------------- [Is there a way to revert to the built-in function after overwritting it using Unprotect]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/61472/is-ther e-a-way-to-revert-to-the-built-in-function-after-overwritting-it-using-u n} When using Unprotect, we can overwrite a functions definition: Unprotect[Sqrt] Sqrt[x_]="blahblah" Protect[Sqrt] Once this is done, can we revert to the built-in version of Sqrt? - asked by user13675 (7 votes), answered by eldo (8 votes) ---------------------------- [Why PlotStyle->Dashed make everything dashed?]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/61058/why-plots tyle-dashed-make-everything-dashed} Bug introduced in 10.0.0 -- appears to affect Linux only. It has been really strange for me. I am not sure it's regression after v10.0.1, or something went wrong with my system. After running this ... - asked by Yi Wang (7 votes), answered by Neven Caplar (2 votes) ================================== Greatest hits from previous weeks: ================================== [Are you interested in purchasing David Wagner's "Power programming with Mathematica"?]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/16485/are -you-interested-in-purchasing-david-wagners-power-programming-with-mathe mat} I recently contacted McGraw-Hill to see if they have a mechanism in place for printing out-of-print books that are still of interest. Specifically, I asked about "Power programming with Mathematica" ... - asked by Todd Allen (109 votes), answered by Todd Allen (159 votes) ---------------------------- [How should I reproduce this colorful swirling gif?]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/47597/how-should-i -reproduce-this-colorful-swirling-gif} Surfing on the web, I came upon this cool gif: Does any one know how to reproduce this in Mathematica? I have some ideas myself, so I will try to answer this question as well. - asked by Ali (10 votes), answered by Kuba (23 votes) ================================== Can you answer these? ================================== [How to update bundled SQLite library (or driver?) in V10 for OS X]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/61116/how-to-update-b undled-sqlite-library-or-driver-in-v10-for-os-x} I've been using undocumented Database functions with Mathematica V9 to acces my SQLite database, which is a Firefox-generated database that contains cookies. db = Database`OpenDatabase[ ... - asked by shrx (3 votes) ---------------------------- [Is it possible to implement symbolic sub matrices?]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/61442/is-it-p ossible-to-implement-symbolic-sub-matrices} The accepted answer in the following link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5708208/symbolic-matrices-in-mathemat ica-with-unknown-dimensions provides a functionality to create symbolic matrices ... - asked by Kagaratsch (1 vote) ---------------------------- [Format Mathematica complex number for fortran code use]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/61432/format-mathem atica-complex-number-for-fortran-code-use} I'm using Mathematica 10. I am trying to write into a file complex number output to then be read by a Fortran code. But when I do : Print[comp, " ", FortranForm[comp]] I get this : ... - asked by berhan (1 vote)