7.29.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

7.29.2.1 What are the most common pitfalls awaiting new users?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=18393

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 ... 
[programming] [core-language] [faq] [guidelines]
 

asked by Dr. belisarius https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=193 494 votes

answered by Michael E2 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4999 291 votes

7.29.2.2 How to make a Spherical Cow?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=125043

Being a theoretical physicist, I always have a great respect for Spherical Cow. So I thought about making one myself. I am not sure how can I create (something considered to be the simplest!) this ... 
[geometry] [image3d]
 

asked by Sumit https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8070 69 votes

answered by andre314 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5467 78 votes

7.29.2.3 Make a scatter plot from two lists

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I have two lists of values 
 
 xx = {0.1, 0.3, 0.35, 0.57, 0.88, 1.0} 
yy = {1.2, 3.5, 4.5, 7.8, 9.0, 12.2} 
 
 
I want to make a scatter plot (list plot) with xx as x ... 
[plotting]
 

asked by JACKY Li https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2403 27 votes

answered by Eric Thewalt https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=6313 40 votes

7.29.2.4 Solving $L=\frac 3  2  \sqrt 4 \pi ^2 A^2+W^2 -\frac \sqrt 5 W \sqrt 4 \pi ^2 A^2+W^2 +6 \pi ^2 A^2+3 W^2   \sqrt 2  +\frac 3 W  2 $ for $W$

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=57763

When I solve the aforementioned equation for $W$ or $A$ on Mathematica I get a long and ugly equation in return, namely one of the solutions for $W$ is: (attempt to read at your own health) 
 
... 
[equation-solving] [functions] [approximation]
 

asked by J.D'Almbert https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=19257 8 votes

answered by Alexei Boulbitch https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=788 15 votes

7.29.2.5 How do I draw a pair of buttocks?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=66538

I'm trying to develop a function which 3D plot would have a buttocks like shape. 
 
Several days of searching the web and a dozen my of own attempts to solve the issue have brought nothing but two ... 
[plotting] [graphics3d] [generative-art]
 

asked by Simpleton Jack https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=22399 293 votes

answered by mikuszefski https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=7608 458 votes

7.29.2.6 Mathematica 10.0.x freezes in Initializing kernels

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=92931

Bug caused by paclet update and fixed by paclet update. 
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 ... 
[bugs] [front-end] [system] [kernel-startup] [paclets]
 

asked by mitcheljh https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=6783 80 votes

answered by ilian https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=145 101 votes

7.29.2.7 Calculate the 2D Fourier transform of an Image

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I am new to Mathematica, and using version 8.0. 
 
I would like to calculate the 2D Fourier Transform of an  Image  with Mathematica and plot the magnitude and phase ... 
[image-processing] [image] [fourier-analysis]
 

asked by user8727 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8727 19 votes

answered by Nasser https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=70 36 votes