What is Mac: Definition and 141 Discussions

my question is if a Mac Donald function is really a Bessel function i mean J_{a}(ix)= CK_{a}(x) here 'C' is a complex number

I want to start with assembly language programming after some years with C, cause I think it's a good way to learn how a computer actually works. But how I can compile assembly code under Mac OS X? I went to a library, and I had found out that many books are outdated, and no book covers...

Hello everyone, In the past few days, I have learned quite a bit of basic Latex. Thank you all for the tips. Now for the question: do macs automatically come with a latex typesetter (I think that this is the case), and if so, how do I use it? Right now, I'm just going to use this post to copy...

Is there an open source math software for Mac OS X which is equivalent to Mathematica? I intend to use it for vector geometry problems (drawing planes, lines in 3-D space).

From Go->Connect To Server I then enter smb:192.168.1.15 (the ip address of my running local windows7 with account named "Computer" and password "computer"). I click Connect and then enter the account information to view the popup of "Select the volumes you want to mount on" dialog but it is...

I forgot my root password for the Mac OS in which I installed xCode as a separate mountable drive. The only way I can think up right now is to reinstall everything (that is to reset the master password) But I don't want to re-download xCode as it takes a long time to do that. I am new to MacOS...

Hello, I mistook downloding xcode 4.5.1 that is incompatible with my lion 10.7.3, which version of xcode should work with my mac os anyway ? should xcode 4.32 be the right choice ? Thank you.

I am running a mac os x 10.7 system I am writing a fortran code which compiles, however, whenever I run my code (./file.out) all I receive in return is the message "Illegal Instruction". I have tried messing with my code and I continue to receive this message. Any help with this would be...

I am in the beginning phases of purchasing a new computer. I have used a Windows PC most of my life, but I am interested in potentially transitioning to a Mac, however, I would like to hear everyones opinion before shopping around. Cheers,

So I installed Eclipse 3.7.0 (Indigo) for my Mac (Snow Leopard OS). I initially installed the "Java Only" version. That works fine. I then decided I wanted to consolidate to one IDE for both Java and C++ if possible. So, here is what I did: 1) Checked to make sure I have gcc, g++, gdb...

hello guys i want to change my computer's MAC address. tell me how can i change it.

Can anyone help me to find a good 3D plotter for Mac?? I am searching it because I want to plot data that I got from a simulation that I did.

I am trying to play a movie from my macbook pro with the video to a standard HD tv and the audio to a guitar amplifier. I connected the guitar amplifier to my macbook pro through a 1/4" to headphone jack cable and the sound outputted to the amp was fine, just as I wanted it. As soon as I...

I want to make a poster on latex with a Mac, I already have the Latex package for mac but I don't know what is the procedure to make a poster on latex. Can somebody give me a reference? Or any kind of help.

Well I am taking a Numerical Analysis course, and I just bought a MacBook Pro. My problem is that I just barely can handle Mac's software, I need to install fortran and I don't have any idea of how to do it, also I need a program similar to Origin on windows for my mac, for the data analysis...

I'm about to start a module in C++ programming and I was just wondering if the code I learn in college (on P.C's) will be useable on macs Xcode. As in will I be able to EXACTLY the same code on both?

My math professor sent out a document with 'equation objects' embedded in it, however some of them don't show. I have to manually right click them, select 'equation object->open', close the equation editor window, and them the item will show. Is there a "show all equations" option somewhere in...

Hi guys! This should be a no brainer, but I am having troubles. I downloaded the 2011 version of MacTex. It comes with TexWorks and TexShop. When I double click on .tex files, they open by default in TexWorks, but I want them to open by default in TexShop. It should be a simple matter of...

Hello, I need to install a code on my computer that runs on ROOT and the guy that sent it to me told me that I may have to change some pathnames that are specific to his computer in order for it to work. Now, I do not know how to do that and whenever I cd to the location where I put the...

I have a 2006 macbook which I put rEFIT on to. So I could install OS's like ubuntu and windows, but when I was installing windows on the separate partition. For some dumb reason I told it NTFS instead of fat and now my computer boots straight into Windows. Skipping over the rEFIT, now I need...

When I open a C source file in vim in Mac OS X, syntax is no longer colour-coded. I think that this happened after I tinkered around with ~/.bash_profile. I did the latter because I was trying to get ls to use colours, and I found an article online that told me what lines to add to .bash_profile...

Hello, EureKalc 3 is an environment for numeric and symbolic calculation, dedicated to solving problems in the field of physics and engineering... It's a free and opensource MathCad like application running on Mac OSX. I developed it primarily for solving physics problems at the level of...

What do you use? Which do you feel is superior, generally speaking? What stereotypes do you believe to be untrue about them? I use windows computers. I think it is a superior operating system due to the availability of programs for it (especially engineering software). I have worked four...

i have Mac OS 10.4.11 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and 1.5 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Mac is there know i want upgrade 10.4 .11 to 10.5 or 10.6 something any could help me in this how upgrade Thanks. jagadish A.V

hello nice people, it was read by me that both ms windows and apple os has been made using basicaly c++. some days in past on a some antivirus article it came to my attention apple os is safe from virus than windows. if both use same kind of bricks they why bricks are easy to break in...

I have several fortran code files which can be correctly compiled and run in Windows XP using gfortran. But, when I use the gfortran 4.2.1 compile these files on Mac(10.6), the code files can be compiled, but, it reports errors when I run the compiled file. the error is related to the...

All the Mathematicans in my college have a Mac...I don't know why. I am going into Physics (or perhaps Math), should I blend in or stick with a PC?

I started taking a java course at my school and we are required to use macs. I looked for how to open other programs like text edit or the terminal but the code segments I found only worked for java. Is it possible to have a java program open other programs like text edit or the terminal on a...

I am just wondering: I have all of my photos in the iPhoto library, but I just (finally) installed my copy of Adobe Lightroom. I am going to import all of my photos to Lightroom and I am wondering if there is any need to keep iPhoto on my computer. Any Mac users out there who can offer any...

I know how to find out MAC address while being connected to internet. But is there any way to know the MAC address without being connected to internet or LAN, I mean while being offline?

Hi there, I spent a lot of time to figure out how to install GRTensorII at my Mac OS X. I followed some OS commends from other website. Now I can do grtw();! but still can not load any predefined metric and the reason is that the address of the used metrics is not specified for Maple core yet...

I'm trying to help my 6th grader measure and graph the amount of power (eg voltage) her hamster will put out running all night long on it's wheel that is connected to a small DC generator. I am hoping to not buy an expensive DAQ and software. Does anyone have any ideas how I can do this on...

Hello, I am currently in my early school phases on my path to becoming an aerospace major. I know there are programs which engineers use for design purposes and other programs as well which they need for their profession. Since i am still in school i have not had the experience of finding...

How do you defrag a Mac?

Homework Statement I wrote a program to run the dgemul subroutine on my mac to find the matrix product for matrix a and matrix b, outputted as matrix c, just like the reference manual told me to. Being a mac user, I added the accelerate framework to the file which contain all the lapack...

hello, i have a part of my courses that i don't understand :( mac with bloc cipher and initially a vector of initialisation. "m=x1||x2||...xn mac k(m) doe's not change if iv xor x1 doe's not change mac k(m) doe's not change if x2 doe's not change . . . mac k(m) doe's not change if xn...

So I am an EE student, just getting ready to buy a system for my career... should i buy a mac or a pc?

I am looking for an up-to-date guide on installing Windows XP Professional on my Macbook Pro. I have a newer version of OSX (Leopard I think). Google is returning a lot of results, but the dates are mostly circa 2006. I was hoping someone who has done this with Leopard could point me to...

Homework Statement (a)Use Definition 10.8.1 to find the Maclaurin series for f(x) = sinh x. Express your answer using Σ notation. (b) Find the interval of convergence for the series found in part (a). (c) Use the Remainder Theorems 10.7.4 and 10.9.2 to show that the series found in part (a)...

Hi all, so... now that I have to write lab reports at uni level, I'm starting to wonder what software would be best suited for the task. Currently, my workflow goes like this: iWork Pages (or MS Word) for the actual report. imported LaTeX (or Mathematica) PDFs for mathematical equations...

I use linux on a pc and one of my friends who uses a mac wants me to write a small app for him. It doesn't need any GUI of anything, just a few lines in C++ with a bitmap image for input and an output to a text file. Is there a way for me to compile it in linux so that he'll be able to use it...

I'm an undergraduate at Stony Brook University (safety, but i had no choice) and I'm planning on buying a laptop soon, and I've narrowed down it to either a Mac, Acer, or Lenovo. I'm going to major in physics, and I'm not sure what my second major will be (math, engineering, astronomy) 1) 13...

Hi, I've recently been forced to use a Mac, which I'm not at all familiar with, and I'm trying to do some coding with MPI. However, it's ending up that I'm spending all my time trying to get even the simplest "Hello World" program to work on this bloody machine and I haven't even started...

Homework Statement Assume that sin(x) equals its Maclaurin series for all x. Use the Maclaurin series for sin(7x^2) to evaluate the integral https://webwork.math.lsu.edu/webwork2_files/tmp/equations/f4/767c0643696d085d77f9a697294a311.png Your answer will be an infinite series. Use the first...

I am a novice (very novice) C++ user. I use Dev C++ on my PC. I really love it because it is very clean and simple. I just click File->new->new source code and I am there. There is an editing window and a building workspace is opened automatically. Is there something comparable to Dev C++...

I was thinking if I have to buy new cd for getting 10.5 version or I can update to 10.5 from 10.4.11? Eventually, I am installing iPhone dev SDK and was thinking if I need 10.5 for that ... Thanks.

I am going to purchase Windows for my Mac to rum some Engineering software and was curious as to whether I should get XP or Vista... Home or Pro? Do the "Pro" Versions offer anything that you think makes the extra two hundred bucks worth it? What kind of amenities are we talking here? Is...

LaTeX and Mac OS X's "Grapher" (advice) Hello everyone. I recently stumbled upon something that I consider incredibly useful (and poor practice, I realize). I figured I'd post it here in the hopes of helping someone to discover this themselves. Using Grapher to create LaTeX expressions for PF...

I've been hearing numerous claims that Macs are hands down better than PCs. People say that Windows even runs faster on a Mac Discounting the OS (which can be switched around freely), I have found different information. The Mac website has the new Mac Pro desktop that they state on the...

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