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What is an "INTERNAL SELF-TEST ERROR"?

I got this all the time after updating to 9.0 (OS 10.8.2): That's Clipboard|c|3015 for the benefit of anyone searching. The error went away with 9.0.1, but a version has reappeared (multiple times at each launch) since updating my OS (to…
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What does "Tag Integer is Protected" message mean?

(Newbie question) For every function I define I get this message: When I close and reopen Mathematica, and re-enter the function definition, I don't get the message anymore. What does it mean?
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How to show error messages in current notebook?

I would like Mathematica to print error messages in current notebook together with output. This is default option in Mathematica, but recently I turned it off somehow. Now, I am getting output in the notebook, and all cells with style Message go…
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The front end encountered an error while processing a "NotebookPredictions" packet

I occasionally get the error The front end encountered an error while processing a "NotebookPredictions" packet. I cannot find any documentation for this error message online. It does not seem to affect anything however, so is there a way to…
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Can a System symbol spontaneously leak into a Global namespace?

During the development of a program to process bioinformatic data, I have encountered a peculiar shadow warning: GlobalParentList::shdw: Symbol ParentList appears in multiple contexts {Global,System}; definitions in context Global may shadow or be…
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What should I make of "Simplify: Time spent on a transformation exceeded -4.03955*10^12 seconds"?

Running version "12.0.0 for Microsoft Windows (64-bit) (April 6, 2019)", in case that matters. I fed Mathematica the command Simplify[ Integrate[ e*Exp[-e*t]*F*Exp[-F *t]* Exp[-\[Lambda] - b*t]* Integrate[ Sum[(b*s + \[Lambda])^y/y!…
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What do I do when I get an "Iterator does not have appropriate bounds" error?

I used this as input Table[600851475143/i , {i, 1, 600851475143}] but got an error Table::iterb:Iterator {i,1,600851475143} does not have appropriate bounds. But this gives me no error why?: Table[600851475143/i , {i, 1, 13}]
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Error when putting ??symbol in a cell with another expression

Putting ??symbol in a cell and another expression in a different row of the cell returns the following error: ??symbol 1 + 2 Information::ssym: symbol 1+2 is not a symbol or a valid string pattern. >> Information[symbol 1+2,LongForm->True] But…
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Error message shows up when I start working on a previously saved notebook on Mathematica

I am new to Mathematica and hope this is not something very obvious. Whenever I start a new session on Mathematica and try to work on a previously saved file, Mathematica shows me the error message I have attached here. Regardless of what I choose…
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INTERNAL SELF-TEST ERROR: FileNotify|c|305

Does anybody know what this error means? Clicking the link in the warning message gives a "page not found", and Googling does not produce anything for this exact error code. I get it whenever I try to save a .m file. If, after saving for the first…
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Newly installed Mathematica Message[$ConfiguredKernels::obso] is Protected error?

I installed Mathematica 13.3(My $Version result is "13.3.0 for Microsoft Windows (64-bit) (April 11, 2023)" and I use Windows 10). Every time I open Mathematica, it will pop up an extra window showing the message: SetDelayed::write: Tag…
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Change format of vector for input argument of function

I have a function f defined as list = {a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6}; expression = a1 + a2^2 + a3^2 + a4 + a5*a6; f = Function @@ {list, expression}; The input in vector is something likes listin = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}; but when using f[listin] it…
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'kEINVALErr' error on startup

I have been using Mathematica 8 on an OS X system for quite a while now, but this morning it threw this error at me when I started the program up: Assertion 'kEINVALErr' failed at LikeResource.c:56 A search (sudo find / -name "*Resource.c") of…
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How do I get rid of the message: "Inverse functions are being used by Solve, ...; use Reduce for complete solution information."

OK. I get it. I understand the difference. How do I permanently suppress this message?
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Is there a message for functions evaluating to infinity?

Everyone has perhaps been irritated by the Power::infty message: Cos[0]/Sin[0] Power::infy: Infinite expression 1/0 encountered. >> (* ComplexInfinity *) But I want such a message in case like this: Cos[x]/Sin[x] /. x -> 0 (* ComplexInfinity …
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