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There are many kinds of data accessible from Wolfram|Alpha: values of materials, economic time series, weather data, and so on. And all of this is because Wolfram|Alpha’s knowledge is accessible through the WolframAlpha function within Mathematica. So for a detailed investigation of a more complicated engineering, physics, or chemistry problem, having a copy of Mathematica handy is mandatory.īut there is also the reverse relation between Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha: Wolfram|Alpha’s knowledge, especially its data knowledge, allows it to carry out investigations and calculations that can substantially increase the power of pure Mathematica.

Wolframalpha vectors how to#

And while Wolfram|Alpha can carry out a vast amount of calculations, it cannot carry out all possible calculations, either because it does not (yet) know how to do a calculation or because the (underlying Mathematica) calculation would take a longer time than available through Wolfram|Alpha. Wolfram|Alpha is heavily based on Mathematica, and many of the mathematical calculations that Wolfram|Alpha carries out rely on the mathematical power of Mathematica. Wolfram|Alpha too carries out a lot of computations (actually, tens of millions every day), all specified through free-form inputs, not Mathematica programs. All by carrying out a Mathematica program. Easy and complicated ones, numeric and symbolic ones, applied and theoretical ones, small and large ones. Mathematica can do a lot of different computations.

(This is the first post in a three-part series about electrostatic and magnetostatic problems involving sharp edges.)