11.15.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

11.15.2.1 Calling Correct Function for Plotting DiracDelta

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=3506

I am wondering what is the correct function in Mathematica to plot the true impulse function, better known as the  DiracDelta[]  function. When using this inside of a ... 
[plotting] [functions]
 

asked by night owl https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=116 Score of 19

answered by Heike https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=46 Score of 21

11.15.2.2 Entering numbers in Scientific Notation?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=36792

I need to play with a lot of powers such as  10^-3 .  1E-3  does not work for it. Is there any short form for it? 
[number-representation]
 

asked by hhh https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2000 Score of 85

answered by Joe https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=44710 Score of 4

11.15.2.3 Reversing Autocorrect, aka how to find the word that was supposed to be there

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=48520

When I receive messages from people using their smartphones I usually see typos and, worst, typos corrected by Autocorrect. Now, I receive messages in English, which is not my first language. I can ... 
[probability-or-statistics]
 

asked by Marco https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=6986 Score of 6

answered by mfvonh https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5059 Score of 11

11.15.2.4 $\LaTeX$ and Mathematica

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=736

I quite often would like to draw graphics in my $\LaTeX$ documents using Mathematica. I have encountered three problems. I would like to know if there are any workarounds to these problems 
 
I would ... 
[graphics] [export] [latex]
 

asked by Thomas Rot https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=227 Score of 141

answered by Simon https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=34 Score of 48

11.15.2.5 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 Score of 80

answered by ilian https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=145 Score of 100

11.15.2.6 Finding unit tangent, normal, and binormal vectors for a given r(t)

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=18598

For my Calc III class, I need to find $T(t), N(t)$, and $B(t)$ for $t=1, 2$, and $-1$, given $r(t)=\{t,t^2,t^3\}$. 
 
I've got Mathematica, but I've never used it before and I'm not sure how to coerce ... 
[equation-solving] [calculus-and-analysis] [geometry] [vector-calculus] [homework]
 

asked by a98 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5605 Score of 33

answered by Artes https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=184 Score of 48

11.15.2.7 Figuring when the minute and hour hand coincide on a clock

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=573

I would like to list all possible times in a 12-hour period, where the hour hand overlaps the minute hand completely.  This is really a question about three distinct things - to be done in Mathematica ... 
[equation-solving]
 

asked by Steve D https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=191 Score of 16

answered by Verbeia https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8 Score of 22