Questions tagged [implementation-details]

For questions regarding the underlying implementation of built-in functions.

See The Internals of Mathematica and Some Notes on Internal Implementation for an overview of the methods internally used by the built-in functions of Mathematica.

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Algorithms behind implemented Mathematica functions

When I use Mathematica for analysis and I write a publication, readers often ask me: "What is the algorithm behind your calculation?". I answer that I did it with Mathematica and if they are interested I give them the code. Is it possible to find…
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How to check for Mathematica’s definition of XY?

The question is: Can I ask the Mathematica kernel directly what it takes as the definition of the built-in symbol XY? After all this has to be in the kernel. And if the documentation is not giving any hint as in the following example I’d like to…
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