Wolfram Library Archive


Courseware Demos MathSource Technical Notes
All Collections Articles Books Conference Proceedings
Title

A Human Name Collision
Author

Kenneth Levasseur
Organization: University of Massachusetts Lowell
Department: Mathematical Sciences
Journal / Anthology

Mathematica in Education
Year: 1992
Volume: 2
Issue: 1
Page range: 7-8
Description

How does one overcome "name collisions" in Mathematica? The solution is to make definitions within a context, which is an advanced feature of Mathematica.
Subjects

*Wolfram Technology > Programming > Packages and Contexts
*Wolfram Technology > Programming > Symbolic Computation