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Re:Mathematica Version 12 Released by thomasahle on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @01:56PM (#19675759)
> nowadays the vast majority of what the Wolfram Language (and Mathematica) does isn’t what’s usually considered math

I wonder how much of actual Mathematica use is outside of mathematics.

The new AsymptoticSum and AsymptoticSolve functions sound useful though!

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Re:Mathematica Version 12 Released by thomasahle on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @07:46AM (#19681665)
Seems AsymptoticSum still can't solve many really simple sums though, like

    AsymptoticSum[Binomial[n,k],{k,0,n/3},{n,Infinity,1}]
Will still have to that by hand I guess :(
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Re:Mathematica Version 12 Released by arnoud-buzing on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:20PM (#19675985)
It's used in more places than you'd think, e.g. Alexa:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18726804

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Re:Mathematica Version 12 Released by phonon on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @05:33PM (#19677527)
That's Wolfram Alpha.
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Re:Mathematica Version 12 Released by carlob on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @06:10PM (#19677809)
And what do you think wolfram alpha technology stack is built on?
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Re:Mathematica Version 12 Released by phonon on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @07:33PM (#19678273)
Yeah, but at that point, we're already another step removed...okay, partial credit.
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