[math-fun] Mathematica 10
This question may be premature, but I'm curious what people's reactions are to Mathematica 10. I actually stuck with Mathematica 8 even after Mathematica 9 came out, so if version 10 is to version 9 as version 9 was to version 8, I'll probably just ignore the release of version 10 and stick to version 8 until Wolfram pries it from my cold dead hands, or until version 8 falls to pieces. Or does version 10 have so many nifty features (or boring-but-important bug-fixes) that a serious computer-assisted math researcher simply has to have it, even if the interface is annoying? (Come to think of it, is there a way to run the version 9 or version 10 kernel using the version 8 front end?) Jim Propp
Mathematica 10 was the first version that properly supported Mac Retina displays. That made it worth it to me, all by itself. I've browsed some of the other new stuff, but don't really know much about how it differs from older versions. On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 6:14 PM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
This question may be premature, but I'm curious what people's reactions are to Mathematica 10.
I actually stuck with Mathematica 8 even after Mathematica 9 came out, so if version 10 is to version 9 as version 9 was to version 8, I'll probably just ignore the release of version 10 and stick to version 8 until Wolfram pries it from my cold dead hands, or until version 8 falls to pieces.
Or does version 10 have so many nifty features (or boring-but-important bug-fixes) that a serious computer-assisted math researcher simply has to have it, even if the interface is annoying?
(Come to think of it, is there a way to run the version 9 or version 10 kernel using the version 8 front end?)
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On 2015-07-15 18:34, Thane Plambeck wrote:
Mathematica 10 was the first version that properly supported Mac Retina displays.
That made it worth it to me, all by itself. I've browsed some of the other new stuff, but don't really know much about how it differs from older versions.
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 6:14 PM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
This question may be premature, but I'm curious what people's reactions are to Mathematica 10.
I actually stuck with Mathematica 8 even after Mathematica 9 came out, so if version 10 is to version 9 as version 9 was to version 8, I'll probably just ignore the release of version 10 and stick to version 8 until Wolfram pries it from my cold dead hands, or until version 8 falls to pieces.
Or does version 10 have so many nifty features (or boring-but-important bug-fixes) that a serious computer-assisted math researcher simply has to have it, even if the interface is annoying?
(Come to think of it, is there a way to run the version 9 or version 10 kernel using the version 8 front end?)
Jim Propp ____________________________________________ There are significant differences even between 10.0 and 10.1 ! http://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/SummaryOfNewFeaturesIn101.html Eavesdropper Zack Chroman must read these--he already clued me in to ReIm and AbsArg. Also, 10.0 had an awful bug where saving a partial notebook as a pdf totally spazzed the fonts. V10 claims 700 new functions over 9. Including such creepiness as [Type ctrl = Neil Sloane] In[318]:= Neil James Alexander Sloane (person) Out[318]= Neil James Alexander Sloane In[319]:= PersonData[%,"MathematicalAchievements"] Out[319]= Missing[NotAvailable] In[320]:= PersonData[%%,"BirthDate"] Out[320]= Tue 10 Oct 1939 This was copied as plain text. On the screen, names and dates are live objects. Out[324]= John Conway In[325]:= PersonData[%,"MathematicalAchievements"] Out[325]= {Conway circle,Conway game,Conway groups,Conway polyhedron notation,Conway polynomial,Conway puzzle,Conway sequence,Conway sphere,Conway triangle notation,Conway's constant,Conway's knot,Conway's knot notation,Conway's soldiers,Hofstadter-Conway $10,000 sequence,Schmitt-Conway biprism,Baby Monster group,Conway group Co1,Conway group Co2,Conway group Co3,bislit cube,Conway-Smith graph} (a list of live Entity objects.)
Also, 10 tweaks the massively elaborate UnitsConvert. I'm not sure if it's V10, Yosemite, or my MacBook Pro dying, but I'm having almost daily unprovoked front-end crashes, with great loss of work. 10.1 seemingly more than 10.0.2, but then I use it more. --rwg
On 7/15/2015 10:08 PM, rwg wrote:
(Come to think of it, is there a way to run the version 9 or version 10 kernel using the version 8 front end?)
Sure. In Front End's Evaluation Menu choose "Kernel Configuration Options..", which will bring up a window, where press button "Add". This brings up another window titled "Kernel Properties". In this window you choose the name of the kernel (Kernel Name field), say v10 or v9, and full path to the standalone kernel of the corresponding version of Mathematica. For instance, on Windows, this would typically be one the following: C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\9.0\MathKernel.exe C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\10.0\MathKernel.exe C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\10.1\MathKernel.exe When using v8 FE, you can now choose the newly added kernel as Notebook's Kernel through the evaluation menu and evaluate $Version to make sure the kernel is operational. You can even set this kernel as the Default Kernel to be automatically used for all notebooks. This is actually pretty handy and I use such setup daily, but then again, I work for Wolfram. Hope it helps, Oleksandr
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