We’re glad to announce that Version 12.0 of Mathematica and the Wolfram Language is hereand it’s a big one. This major update introduces several hundred new functions in a range of areas, including mathematics and geometry, visualization, audio and image processing, machine learning, and more, as well as provides a major overhaul to the Mac and Linux notebook interfaces and numerous systemwide performance enhancements. Some key new features include:
Mathematics and Geometry
- Convex optimization solvers such as LinearOptimization,
QuadraticOptimization and SemidefiniteOptimization, with vector
inequalities such as VectorGreater for modeling vector-valued
variables - Improved NDSolve support for nonlinear PDEs using FEM and automated
idealized n-body interaction using NBodySimulation - Use Around to describe uncertainty in measured values, with built-in
support in visualization functions - A host of new functions for generating, analyzing and manipulating
polygons and polyhedra (RandomPolygon, RandomPolyhedron,
PolygonDecomposition, etc.), with added support for holes/voids - Access built-in axiomatic theories for use in symbolic proofs with
AxiomaticTheory
Visualization
- GeometricScene and GeometricAssertion for visualizing Euclidean
geometry and its theorems - Visualize different components and properties of complex-valued data
and functions with ComplexListPlot, ReImPlot and AbsArgPlot - Represent geodetic vectors with GeoVector and visualize geodetic
vector fields using GeoVectorPlot and GeoStreamPlot - Updated default appearance for GraphPlot visualizations, as well as
new plot themes and updated properties - Create, analyze and modify chemical species with Molecule and
visualize their 2D and 3D structures with MoleculePlot and
MoleculePlot3D
Audio and Image Processing
- Color-processing functions such as FindMatchingColor, ImageRecolor
and ColorDetect, all powered by the new ColorsNear wrapper to
represent a color neighborhood - Multi-language support for SpeechSynthesize, as well as improved
discovery and searching of available voices through VoiceStyleData - AudioAnnotate framework for annotating audio objects
- ShortTimeFourier for computing and storing properties of short-time
Fourier transforms and InverseSpectrogram for approximating a signal
from a magnitude spectrogram
Machine Learning and Neural Networks
- High-level recognition functions such as ImageCases, FacialFeatures,
AudioIdentify and SpeechRecognize - Additional pre-trained models, new layers, new encoders and decoders,
and multi-GPU support for the neural network framework - Learn a generalized probability distribution from arbitrary data
using LearnDistribution - Replace missing values in data by generated values using
SynthesizeMissingValues and find anomalous examples in data using
FindAnomalies
These are just a few of the highlights from this release, which also includes an experimental Wolfram Compiler, a comprehensive new Microcontroller Kit, a bidirectional Unity game engine interface and expanded knowledge and functionality for Entity and EntityStore.
You can find out more about these and other Version 12 additions by reading through Stephen Wolfram’s launch-day blog post and looking at the Summary of New Features in 12.