7.42 February 25, 2014
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Top new questions this week:
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[Implementing a Beeswarm plot in
Mathematica]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/42585/imple
menting-a-beeswarm-plot-in-mathematica}
I am looking for a Beeswarm plot implementation in Mathematica.
Consider the following data:
data = {RandomVariate[NormalDistribution[], 100],
RandomVariate[NormalDistribution[], 100]};
Lets ...
- asked by Pam (16 votes), answered by Szabolcs (10 votes)
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[Object differentiation in
image]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/42809/object-diff
erentiation-in-image}
After purchasing a box of alphabet pasta for the kids, I wondered if
there was way to extract the frequency of appearance of letters in the
box by taken a sample and the analyzing the picture.
i = ...
- asked by PatoCriollo (10 votes), answered by lalmei (2 votes)
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[Why does $Failed have attribute
HoldAll?]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/42531/why-does
-failed-have-attribute-holdall}
Why does $Failed have attribute HoldAll? Are there typical situations
where $Failed is returned as a head that must not evaluate further, or
is this just a relic from Mathematica's early times?
...
- asked by Szabolcs (9 votes), answered by Leonid Shifrin (6 votes)
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[When running Mathematica from a Linux terminal, how can I prevent a
script from terminating upon
logout?]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/42838/when-runn
ing-mathematica-from-a-linux-terminal-how-can-i-prevent-a-script-from}
I am running Mathematica on a remote Linux cluster, by the terminal,
using the math command. (I do not have access to a terminal GUI. For
example, when I type the command mathematica, I get this ...
- asked by Andrew (8 votes), answered by Stefan (12 votes)
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[Deleting quasi-duplicates from large list
efficiently]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/42599/delet
ing-quasi-duplicates-from-large-list-efficiently}
I have the need to remove "duplicates" from large (>10K members) lists,
where a "duplicate" is either a verbatim duplication, or the element's
second entry exists as a first entry for some "earlier" ...
- asked by rasher (8 votes), answered by Mr.Wizard (9 votes)
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[Export an image at 1000
dpi]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/42519/export-an-ima
ge-at-1000-dpi}
I'm trying to export an image at 1000 dpi. The author guide of a lot of
papers wants this resolution! Then I must to import this image in Word
in a small box; let's say 7x4 cm. This is the code that I ...
- asked by Mary (8 votes), answered by Szabolcs (10 votes)
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[Generating Gelfand-Tsetlin
patterns]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/42745/generati
ng-gelfand-tsetlin-patterns}
I am doing some research on some combinatorial object called
GT-patterns.
They are generated from three parts of data.
Two integer, partitions (sequences of weakly decreasing numbers),
$\lambda = ...
- asked by Paxinum (7 votes)
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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[How can I improve Mathematica's resolution on a macbook retina
display?]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/18419/how-can-
i-improve-mathematicas-resolution-on-a-macbook-retina-display}
Mathematica looks a bit fuzzy on the retina screen, how can I increase
the resolution?
Here another screenshot showing a direct comparison between the browser
and Mathematica
- asked by Tom Wellington (34 votes), answered by programming_historian
(14 votes)
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[How to draw a
spring?]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/37207/how-to-dr
aw-a-spring}
I am new to Mathematica and have recently been exploring graphical
animations. So I was experimenting with simple concepts in periodic
motion and hence wondered how can I draw a simple spring? Is ...
- asked by David McHarg (21 votes), answered by belisarius (26 votes)
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[Transform an expression to remove the
singularity]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/42634/trans
form-an-expression-to-remove-the-singularity}
I have the expression Sin[c x]/c. Clearly it is undefined at $c=0$, but
that is merely a removable singularity, since
$$\frac{\sin(cx)}c=x\frac{\sin(cx)}{cx}= x\operatorname{sinc}(cx),$$
which is ...
- asked by Rahul Narain (4 votes)
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[Highlighting Mathematica code in LaTeX
document]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/42793/highligh
ting-mathematica-code-in-latex-document}
I was thinking about the best way to include Mathematica code in a LaTeX
document with a nice syntax highlighting.
I have tried the packages listings and minted (with pygments), which
both claim to ...
- asked by Eckhard (5 votes)
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[Is there a way to tell mathematica to minimize the number of
multiplication in an expression? (Simplify and FullSimplify don't cut
it)]\url{http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/42611/is-there-a-wa
y-to-tell-mathematica-to-minimize-the-number-of-multiplication-in-a}
I have an expression, here's a clip of it:
...LF (LG LQ Lsig^2 + 2 LQ Lsig RG Rl + LG LQ Rl^2 + Lsig^2 RG RQ +
2 LG Lsig Rl RQ + 2 LQ Lsig RG Rs + 2 LG LQ Rl Rs +
2 LG Lsig RQ Rs + LG ...
- asked by bwna (2 votes)