10.26.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

10.26.2.1 How to tell Mathematica that certain variables are real/imaginary, integer-valued, etc

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=66273

I'm trying to expedite some quantum mechanical calculations (expectation values etc.) by running them through Mathematica. When I say, for example, 
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[functions] [complex] [assumptions] [variable-definitions]
 

asked by Matthew Brunetti https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=22304 Score of 56

answered by SquareOne https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=19960 Score of 40

10.26.2.2 Are you interested in purchasing David Wagner's "Power programming with Mathematica"?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=16485

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" ... 
[reference-request]
 

asked by Todd Allen https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=249 Score of 165

answered by Todd Allen https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=249 Score of 241

10.26.2.3 My Girlfriend is going to prison...Save her with Math

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=135937

Salacious title, but true story. 
 
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[plotting] [interpolation] [modeling]
 

asked by Prisoners Dilema https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=46025 Score of 41

answered by bobthechemist https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=7167 Score of 24

10.26.2.4 Where is Abbott? How to make logograms from the film "Arrival"?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=137156

The film Arrival showed Wolfram Language code in action analysing alien logograms. A recent 
blog describes some details and 
mentions 
a live-coding video by Christopher Wolfam. See also Stephen Wolfram'... 
[graphics] [generative-art]
 

asked by KennyColnago https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3246 Score of 20

10.26.2.5 How to make an inkblot?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=3345

How to effectively create a polygon that looks like a realistic inkblot? So far, I could come up with this (borrowing from Ed Pegg Jr.'s Rorschach demonstration): 
 
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[graphics] [performance-tuning] [image-processing] [generative-art]
 

asked by István Zachar https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=89 Score of 91

answered by Sjoerd C. de Vries https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=57 Score of 55

10.26.2.6 Why should I avoid the For loop in Mathematica?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=134609

Some people advise against the use of  For  loops in Mathematica. Why?  Should I heed this advice?  What is wrong with  For ?  What ... 
[core-language] [coding-style] [faq]
 

asked by Szabolcs https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=12 Score of 117

answered by Szabolcs https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=12 Score of 123

10.26.2.7 How to make a spiroglyphic?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=188139

Some (older) members of this group might remember playing vinyl LP records. Recently, at the Abbey Road studio there was a spiroglyphics coloring book for sale. It looks like a nice programming ... 
[image-processing] [code-request] [generative-art]
 

asked by TheDoctor https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2263 Score of 15

answered by b3m2a1 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=38205 Score of 20