Supported by: ACS
Maple is a powerful symbolic and numeric computation program which incorporates a large library of mathematical functions -- over 2,000 in all-- including those for equation solving and integration at all mathematical levels.
Maple provides both 2D and 3D graphics, and can differentiate, integrate, and solve equations, as well as manipulate matrices and perform a host of other mathematical operations.
The easiest way to start up the Maple package is to position the mouse cursor over the Maple: Symbolic Math Package item in the RCS Applications menu on the screen, and click the left mouse button on this menu item. If you have selected it successfully, it should briefly appear highlighted in a black rectangle.
You may also start the package by entering maple from a UNIX prompt.
A moment after you start Maple, two separate Maple windows should appear on your screen, with seven pull-down menus in the upper left corner of the main window, and a Help menu in the upper right corner. The text cursor appears in a separate session window as a vertical bar, immediately to the right of the chevron ( > ) prompt in the main work area.
For more information on using Maple, refer to the documentation listed below, as well as the Tips and Hints section.
Maple includes its own built-in online help, which you may access by left-clicking on the Help button, located in the upper right corner of the main Maple window.
The following Maple manuals are also available on reserve at the Folsom Library, and via the ACS Help Desk in the VCC:
A compiled list of helpful tips, tricks, and shortcuts to use as you're working with Maple.
Waterloo Maple Software, Inc.
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