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I've had Mathematica for a long time, but up until now, I just used to use the free-form input. I'm trying to learn the language so that I'm able to do more with the software. However, the information I gather from the Wolfram site is worthless for a lot of things, as I don't understand what it's saying.
Say for example VectorPlot: https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VectorPlot.html
The kind of vectors I was used to plotting for ODE would be things like this: ## dy/dx = 2y^3 - x^2 ##
Now, when they have {## v_x, v_y## }, I don't have the slightest clue how to take the ODE above, and enter it into this the way I'm supposed to in order to get the correct plot?
I'm wondering if there is some other resource that gives more thorough explanations on these types of things for starters? There are a LOT of Wolfram functions that I run into this issue with. No one in any of my courses ever touched on any of this, so I'm having to learn on my own, and I can't seem to find a good resource that makes sense of it?
Say for example VectorPlot: https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VectorPlot.html
The kind of vectors I was used to plotting for ODE would be things like this: ## dy/dx = 2y^3 - x^2 ##
Now, when they have {## v_x, v_y## }, I don't have the slightest clue how to take the ODE above, and enter it into this the way I'm supposed to in order to get the correct plot?
I'm wondering if there is some other resource that gives more thorough explanations on these types of things for starters? There are a LOT of Wolfram functions that I run into this issue with. No one in any of my courses ever touched on any of this, so I'm having to learn on my own, and I can't seem to find a good resource that makes sense of it?