What's New in Mathematica 5.1

Building on Mathematica 5.0's dramatic speed, scope, and scalability improvements, Mathematica 5.1 adds a host of new capabilities, especially for working with large-scale, diverse types of data.

		Industrial-Strength String Manipulation				Fully Integrated Piecewise Functions


		Built-in Universal Database Connectivity				Integration over Implicitly Defined Regions

		Highly Optimized Binary Data I/O				Event Handling in Differential Equations


		Additional Import/Export Formats Including XLS and AVI				New Algorithms for Symbolic Differential Equations


		Integrated Web Services Support				Cluster Analysis Capabilities Added


		Large-Scale Graph Layout				EquationTrekker: An Interactive Exploration Tool for Differential Equations


		Array Plotting				MathematicaMark2004: Benchmarking

		Numerical Linear Algebra Performance Enhancements				*GUIKit*

Complete listing of major enhancements in 5.1

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