This "hands-on" book is for people who are interested in immediately putting Maple to work. The reader is provided with a compact, fast and surveyable guide that introduces them to the extensive capabilities of the software. The book is sufficient for standard use of Maple and will provide techniques for extending Maple for more specialized work. The author discusses the reliability of results systematically and presents ways of testing questionable results. The book allows a reader to become a user almost immediately and helps him/her to grow gradually to a broader and more proficient use. As a consequence, some subjects are dealt with in an introductory way early in the book, with references to a more detailed discussion later on.
Author(s): Ernic Kamerich (auth.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 325
Tags: Applications of Mathematics
Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Basic elements in the use of Maple....Pages 1-18
Numbers and algebraic operators....Pages 19-31
Names and evaluation 1: mathematical variables....Pages 32-42
Elementary calculus....Pages 43-63
Names and evaluation 2: applying procedures....Pages 64-71
Creating and using mathematical functions....Pages 72-86
Graphics....Pages 87-106
Taylor or Laurent expansion and limits....Pages 107-116
Numerical calculations with Maple....Pages 117-122
Manipulating several objects at once....Pages 123-135
Substitution and subexpressions....Pages 136-148
Manipulating and converting numbers....Pages 149-156
Polynomials and rational expressions....Pages 157-167
Polynomial equations and factoring polynomials....Pages 168-186
Manipulating algebraic expressions....Pages 187-213
Solving equations and inequalities in general....Pages 214-231
Solving differential equations....Pages 232-246
Vectors and matrices....Pages 247-273
Back Matter....Pages 274-325
