7.44.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

7.44.2.1 Elegant operations on matrix rows and columns

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Question 
 
The Mathematica tutorial has a section 'Basic Matrix Operations', describing operations like transpose, inverse and determinant. These operations all work on entire matrices. I am missing a ... 
[list-manipulation] [matrix] [array] [faq]
 

asked by sjdh https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=515 191 votes

answered by Mr.Wizard https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=121 63 votes

7.44.2.2 Standard deck of 52 playing cards in curated data?

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I am not sure how to find out what all is included as curated data. For example, are the individual images of each of the 52 cards in a standard deck of playing cards included? 
 
If not, is there a way ... 
[curated-data]
 

asked by JohnD https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1629 25 votes

answered by rm -rf https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5 23 votes

7.44.2.3 How do I clear all user defined symbols?

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Is there some way to do this other than going to  Evaluation -> Quit kernel  and firing a new one up? 
[variable-definitions] [symbols] [faq] [clear] [persistence]
 

asked by niklasfi https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=82 100 votes

answered by Artes https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=184 100 votes

7.44.2.4 xkcd-style Plots

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I received an email to which I wanted to respond with a xkcd-style graph, but I couldn't manage it. Everything I drew looked perfect, and I don't have enough command over ... 
[plotting] [generative-art]
 

asked by Amatya https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2039 627 votes

answered by Simon Woods https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=862 491 votes

7.44.2.5 1 Plot, 2 Scale/Axis

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I would like to plot those two datasets on top of each other. But they have very different range on the $y$ axis. How can I have two different axis? 
 
I found the following on the help menu but quite ... 
[plotting] [customization]
 

asked by 500 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=172 156 votes

answered by ArgentoSapiens https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=92 156 votes

7.44.2.6 Parallel and perpendicular symbol from Mathematica to $\LaTeX$

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I want to get the following expression from Mathematica to $\LaTeX$: 
 
\begin{bmatrix} 
E_{\parallel} \\ E_{\perp} 
\end{bmatrix} 
 
I have tried to use inbuilt 'symbol' character from the special ... 
[latex]
 

asked by Steve Hatcher https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13314 20 votes

answered by Sjoerd C. de Vries https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=57 27 votes

7.44.2.7 Generate a Unit Circle Trigonometry

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2456

Struggling often with Trigonometry I would like to have some code to generate this Unit Circle Trigonometry. Would be of great help when I need to transform some data : 
[graphics] [trigonometry]
 

asked by 500 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=172 18 votes

answered by Mark McClure https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=36 32 votes