New in 8.0: Mathematics & Algorithms
Mathematica 8 adds major new areas, including probability and statistics, graphs and networks, computational finance, control systems, wavelet analysis, and group theory. Each of these areas represents major progress in the ability to work at a high level of abstraction supported by in-depth algorithmic coverage and advanced automation. This should enable rapid progress in these areas, and also in the ability to combine tools from several disjoint areas as functions are designed to fit together even across different domains.
Expectation — compute expectations for general expressions
Moment — general moment for a distribution
New Nonparametric Distributions
LocationTest — test means or mean differences of one or two datasets
Graph — construct a graph from vertices and edges
FindShortestPath — find the shortest path from the source to one or all vertices
Cycles — disjoint cyclic notation for permutations
New Equation-Solving Capabilities
Solve (modified),
NSolve (modified) — solve equations and inequalities over domains
New Numerics Capabilities
NIntegrate (modified) — integration of univariate and multivariate oscillatory functions
LinearSolve — fast methods for integer and rational inputs
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