Wolfram|Alpha is a "computational knowledge engine" developed by Wolfram Research, announced in March of 2009. It is unique in that in answers queries with direct computational results, rather than bringing up a page of documents and various webpages as most search engines do.
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How do I plot multiple probability distributions in Wolfram Alpha?
I am trying to plot multiple Beta probability distributions in a single grid using Wolfram Alpha:
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WolframAlpha - Is it possible to associate equations with theorems?
Suppose I wanted to find out about the Pythagorean Theorem by searching via WolframAlpha. This is trivial -- we can search directly for Pythagorean Theorem and get a wealth of information.
But ...
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Searching for populations of a list of cities
I want to create a list of all world cities named "Alexandria", along with their populations. Can a search engine do that? What could the query look like?
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Derivative of tan(f(x,y))
I was looking at the derivation of the derivative of tan(x^2 + 5x + y) on the Wolfram|Alpha. I don't understand the last step, which says the derivative of y is zero.
Shouldn't it be y?
Here is ...
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How to plot a scatter graph in Wolfram Alpha?
Is it possible to plot a simple scatter graph of points without any joining lines or lines of best fit?
I have tried to use ListPlot but it just interprets that as plot which causes the points to be ...
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How to get Wolfram Alpha to draw two different plots on the same graph?
I want to draw this line:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=ParametricPlot%5B%7B-2+%28-5+%2B+t%29%2C+5+%2B+t%7D%5D
And this circle, radius 25:
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Why can't Wolfram Alpha compute the following equation?
I tried to graph this equation I found on the Math SE on Wolfram Alpha,I got the following error:
Wolfram|Alpha needs more time to respond to your query...
When I clicked on Go on computing, I ...
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Notation to ask Wolfram Alpha the next number in a pattern
If I have this pattern:
1 goes to 40
1000 goes to 1360
10000 goes to 3480
How do I ask Wolfram Alpha what 20,000,000 goes to?
This is my attempt:
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Can a user control the scale of plots in Wolfram Alpha?
I'm trying to generate some simple plots of shapes on the coordinate plane using Wolfram Alpha. I've had success with plotting the shape, but sometimes the plot output doesn't look nice. For ...
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How are the lines on HTML element hierarchy plots in Wolfram|Alpha generated?
Wolfram Alpha provides HTML element hierarchy plots for web sites.
For an example, enter a popular website, like stackoverflow.com into the field:
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Plot vector-valued functions in Wolfram Alpha
Is there a way to plot 3d vector functions (also known as vector-valued functions) in Wolfram|Alpha? I know it's possible to plot regular vectors, by typing in vector {2,5,3} for example, but I would ...
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Convert weight of food to volume in Wolfram Alpha
How can I use the volume of food in equations on Wolfram Alpha?
For example, if I type: 60g flour, I see that at the bottom, it says:
serving volume: 3.5 fl oz.
How can I use this value in an ...
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Show a number as binary in Wolfram Alpha
Is there any way to see a number as it's individual bits (i.e. base 2) in Wolfram Alpha?
For example, given the number 255, it should show: 11111111
Similarly, the number 4 can be shown as: 100
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Wolfram Alpha Competitors [closed]
Are there any sites that are similar to Wolfram Alpha, or is it currently unique?
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Where can I find the syntax list in Wolfram Alpha for Math and Science Subjects?
Google is able to do simple to medium mathematical calculations but Wolfram Alpha is like Mathematica online. What I would like to do is test the limits . Such as what syntax is defined and what is ...
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Find a plane for four point by WolframAlpha
How can you find the plane of four points by WolframAlpha?
Example
plane((0,0,0),(2,-1,-1),(4,-2,-2),(8,-4,-4))
should give me x + y + z = 0.
