Talk:Wolfram Mathematica

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Free access

I see we just released the "Wolfram Open Cloud" which provides a second way to get free access to Mathematica (in addition to the Raspberry Pi version). The article currently says "Mathematica is proprietary software licensed at a range of prices for commercial, educational, and other uses." I don't think anyone might guess that "range or prices" includes free.

However, I don't think this is a sentance that I can try and update without being accused of 'advertising'. Could someone update the article to reflect those changes. More info here JonMcLoone (talk) 16:44, 28 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I think an update is in order to account for the recent free release of the Wolfram Engine for Developers on all three major platforms. Where should that go? Ackbeet (talk) 16:48, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mathematica 10.4

Short summary of new features here, in case anyone wants to update the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JonMcLoone (talk • contribs) 11:13, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Be Bold!

Hello, I recently moved the page to this new title because I noticed the name that the program installs as is "Wolfram Mathematica". I was editing boldly. (Besides, iTunes doesn't install as Apple iTunes. Shouldn't we name the page what the program install as?) However, if anyone feels that the page moves (I also moved the talk page archives) and edits were inappropriate, feel free to revert the edit.

Also note that, while I moved and edited most of the appropriate pages, I did not edit the corresponding Wikidata entry as I have no idea what to do there. (The only reason I know about the Wikidata entry is because the special move page told me after the move to edit it.)

-- Gestrid (talk) 02:13, 8 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mathematica 11

I have updated the page where it was factually incorrect. Others should consider which features are notable (this hasn't really been updated for several releases).
The summary of new features can be found here... — Preceding unsigned comment added by JonMcLoone (talk • contribs) 15:24, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mathematica 11.1

This release has not rendered anything in the article incorrect. The list of new capabilities to consider adding to the article is here...
JonMcLoone (talk) 18:06, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

User badges

I updated the logos in the user badges. Here they are:

This user can program in
Mathematica.

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This user is a beginner Mathematica programmer.

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This user is an intermediate Mathematica programmer.

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This user is an advanced Mathematica programmer.

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This user is an expert Mathematica programmer.

This user can program in the Wolfram Language.

Can this

Can this software generate fractals? Should it also be placed in the category for Fractal software and appear on this template? - Shiftchange (talk) 08:34, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Since Fractals have mathematical equations behind their making, Mathematica of course can make them given the proper input. It should not be listed as Fractal software, since Fractal software can usually only do Fractals, where Mathematica can do much more than Fractals.

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The company that was Mathematica

There is no mention of the company that was named Mathematica, known for RAMIS (software). Pi314m (talk) 07:44, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There now is an article for "Mathematica (company)" so it's time to clarify:

MOVE "Wolfram Mathematica" -> Wolfram Mathematica (software)
point "Mathematica" to the company, with a note there re Wolfram Pi314m (talk) 09:28, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect

Why is the article called "Wolfram Mathematica (software)" if there isn't amy other article called that? We only need parentheses if there is another article called Wolfram Mathematica, but it redirects here. This is ridiculous.

I know there is distinguishment between here and Mathematica (company), but what is wrong with mentioning the company in the hatnote? Prodigy55 (talk) 04:40, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What is Mathematica

An admin has deleted the Features section, so now there is only a single line in the article that tries to describe what Mathematica is or does. The rest is mostly about how it connects to other things.

Apparently the article can only mention a few notable features in prose only. No bullets and no attempt to sum up what it does more broadly.

I am copying the deleted content below so that it is not lost. But I am not going to try and write new content...

Features

Features of Wolfram Mathematica include:^[1]

Libraries of mathematical elementary functions and special functions including Number theory function and combinatoric functions
Support for complex number, arbitrary precision arithmetic, interval arithmetic, numbers with uncertainty censored data, temporal data, time series, and unit based data, and symbolic computation
Matrix and data manipulation tools including support for sparse arrays and associative arrays
2D and 3D data, function and geo visualization and animation tools
Solvers for systems of equations, diophantine equations, ordinary differential equations (ODEs), non-linear partial differential equations (PDEs), differential algebraic equations (DAEs), delay differential equations (DDEs), stochastic differential equations (SDEs), and recurrence relations
Finite element analysis including 2D and 3D adaptive mesh generation
Numeric and symbolic tools for discrete and continuous calculus including continuous and discrete integral transforms
Constrained and unconstrained local and global optimization
Multivariate statistics libraries including fitting, hypothesis testing, and probability and expectation calculations on over 160 distributions.
Calculations and simulations on random processes and queues
Supervised and unsupervised machine learning tools for data, images and sounds including artificial neural networks
Tools for text mining including regular expressions, semantic analysis, sentiment analysis and fact extraction
Data mining tools such as cluster analysis, sequence alignment and pattern matching
Computational geometry in 2D, 3D and higher dimensions and Euclid-style 2D geometry
Libraries for signal processing including wavelet analysis on sounds, images and data
Audio processing filters and measures including audio recognition
Tools for 2D and 3D image processing^[2] and morphological image processing including image recognition
Tools for visualizing and analysing directed and undirected graphs
Tools for cryptography including symmetric and asymmetric keys, hashing and elliptic curve cryptography
Tools for financial calculations including bonds, annuities, derivatives, options etc.
Group theory and symbolic tensor functions
Tools for Automated theorem proving
Linear and non-linear control system libraries
Microcontroller kit for giving symbolic specifications from which it automatically generates and deploys code to run autonomously in microcontrollers.
Tools for computational chemistry including bond length and angle calculations and databases of chemical properties
Programming language supporting procedural, functional, object-oriented constructs and parallel programming
Toolkit for adding user interfaces to calculations and applications
Tools for creating and deploying cloud based computational applications and services
Tools to connect to dynamic-link library (DLL), Java, .NET, C++, Fortran, CUDA, OpenCL, and Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) based systems
Using both "free-form linguistic input" (a natural language user interface)^[3]^[4] and Wolfram Language in notebook when connected to the Internet

^ "Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center". Retrieved 11 August 2015.
^ Review: Mathematica 7. Technical computing powerhouse gets more oomph Macworld, Jan 2009
^ "The Free-Form Linguistics Revolution in Mathematica". Retrieved 11 August 2015.
^ "Free-Form Linguistic Input". Retrieved 11 August 2015.

UPE

Hello. I have just tagged this article {{undisclosed paid}}, because it was very heavily edited by a (highly likely paid) sockfarm that is focused almost exclusively on promoting Stephen Wolfram and his work. Please see this COIN thread (perma) and the related SPI for more information. The article will need a thorough review before the tag is removed. Thanks and best, Blablubbs|talk 15:14, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

1967-founded Mathematica

Although some may refer to Wolfram Mathematica as Mathematica, that does not eliminate first-claim to 1967-founded Mathematica. To avoid making Mathematica into a Disambiguation page, it seems best to follow the Wiki WP:MOS guideline of placing a hatnote atop each of the pair (this guideline is specifically when there are no more than two). At some point, 1967-founded Mathematica subdivided into three units: one for the RAMIS database software, one for the often-government-funded economic/econometric research, and another having to do with "Systems" in its title. There is a bit more above/2018. Pi314m (talk) 10:56, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a picture of the documentation

Would it be helpful to include a picture of how Wolfram Mathematica's documentation center and help page? I am new to the patterns of Wikipedia. ScientistBuilder (talk) 13:07, 4 August 2021 (UTC)ScientistBuilderScientistBuilder (talk) 13:07, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Version 12.3 Blog Release Notes Source Addition

Would it be helpful to include a source detailing the improvements in 12.3 in the sources? The blog is from https://blog.wolfram.com/2021/05/20/launching-version-12-3-of-wolfram-language-mathematica/ and includes updated graphs, control systems, chemistry, and video processing. ScientistBuilder (talk) 21:41, 13 October 2021 (UTC)ScientistBuilderScientistBuilder (talk) 21:41, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

New Picture

Would it be helpful to include a picture of a more recent version of Mathematica in place of Version 8.0? I think it would be a good idea to because version 13 is going to be released in the few months. ScientistBuilder (talk) 21:43, 13 October 2021 (UTC)ScientistBuilderScientistBuilder (talk) 21:43, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Version 13 Released

Mathematica 13 should be listed as the current version. https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2021/12/launching-version-13-0-of-wolfram-language-mathematica/?source=frontpage-carousel — Preceding unsigned comment added by ScientistBuilder (talk • contribs) 00:03, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The current version (13) is listed under stable release in the Infobox. Montesquieu1789 (talk) 00:55, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Add a Free Alternatives section!

Add a Free Alternatives section! 68.134.243.51 (talk) 13:29, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Release history like https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Blender_(software) ?

Would be good ? moueza (talk) 14:59, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center". Retrieved 11 August 2015.

[2] Review: Mathematica 7. Technical computing powerhouse gets more oomph Macworld, Jan 2009

[3] "The Free-Form Linguistics Revolution in Mathematica". Retrieved 11 August 2015.

[4] "Free-Form Linguistic Input". Retrieved 11 August 2015.

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