Next: Starting a Maple Session
Up: Using Maple
Previous: Using Maple
Maple is a comprehensive general purpose computer algebra system which
can do symbolic and numerical calculations and has facilities for 2- and
3-dimensional graphical output. Calculus courses may be structured
so that Maple can be used as a tool that will help you gain a complete
understanding of the material discussed. You will discover that the
capability of Maple goes well beyond the realm of calculus; it is a
tool that is used more and more in education and scientific research
in mathematics and engineering.
This chapter is a brief introduction to the use of Maple
in the environment that you will discover at Stony Brook. It is not exhaustive
and its sole purpose is to guide you through the first steps
needed to start using this tool. Once you become familiar with the basics
of Maple and can appreciate its advantages, we encourage you to
experiment with it, not only to learn mathematics in more detail but also to
help you in other courses and your own research. More advanced
documentation is available on line, in the computer lab, and in the library.
Maple runs on many different types of computers and operating systems.
For example, you might use Maple from a Sun workstation running
Solaris (a flavor of Unix) in the computer lab, from a Windows
computer in the library, and from a Macintosh at home. Maple behaves
similarly on all of them; we will usually point it out when we use
something specific to one type of computer.
Next: Starting a Maple Session
Up: Using Maple
Previous: Using Maple
Translated from LaTeX by Scott Sutherland
1999-12-08