maplE. 8 command the brilliance of a thousand mathematicians Getting Started Guide Waterloo Maple
command the brilliance of a thousand mathematicians Getting Started Guide M-0027-00-E Printed in Canada Waterloo Maple Inc. 57 Erb Street West Waterloo, Ontario | Canada N2L 6C2 tel: 1.519.747.2373 | fax: 1.519.747.5284 info@maplesoft.com | www.maplesoft.com North American Sales: 1.800.267.6583 © 2002 Waterloo Maple Inc. Maple is a registered trademark of Waterloo Maple Inc
Maple 8 Getting Started Guide C 2002 by Waterloo Maple Inc
Maple 8 Getting Started Guide © 2002 by Waterloo Maple Inc
Waterloo Maple Inc 57 Erb Street West Waterloo ON N2L 6C2 Canada Maple and Maple V are registered trademarks of Waterloo Maple Inc Maplets is a trademark of Waterloo Maple Inc C 2002, 2001 by Waterloo Maple Inc. All rights reserved The electronic version(PDF)of this book may be downloaded and printed for personal use or stored as a copy on a personal machine. The electronic version(PDF)of this bool may not be distributed. Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement and may be used or copied only in accordance with the agreement. It is against the law to copy the software on any medium except as specifically allowed in the agreement The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, etc, in this publication, even if the former are not especially identified, is not to be taken as a sign that such names, as understood by the Trade marks and Merchandise Marks Act, may accordingly be used freely by anyone Windows is a registered trademark of Mircosoft Corporation All other trademarks are property of their respective owners Printed in canada ISBN1-894511-25-5
ii Waterloo Maple Inc. 57 Erb Street West Waterloo, ON N2L 6C2 Canada Maple and Maple V are registered trademarks of Waterloo Maple Inc. Maplets is a trademark of Waterloo Maple Inc. © 2002, 2001 by Waterloo Maple Inc. All rights reserved. The electronic version (PDF) of this book may be downloaded and printed for personal use or stored as a copy on a personal machine. The electronic version (PDF) of this book may not be distributed. Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement and may be used or copied only in accordance with the agreement. It is against the law to copy the software on any medium except as specifically allowed in the agreement. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, etc., in this publication, even if the former are not especially identified, is not to be taken as a sign that such names, as understood by the Trade Marks and Merchandise Marks Act, may accordingly be used freely by anyone. Windows is a registered trademark of Mircosoft Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Printed in Canada ISBN 1-894511-25-5
Contents 1 Chapter 1: Introduction to Maple 1.1 talling maple 1.2 Starting Mapl 1.3 The Maple Window ing Help Pag 1.5 Entering Expre in Maple 2 Chapter 2: Solving a Problem 2.1 Scenario 2.2 Commands in packa 2. 3 Math and visualization 10 Plotting the hill...… Finding the maximum point of the surface Finding the skiers starting point Finding the path down 14 2.4 Using a For Loop-Finding the Path Performing the initialization…… 15 2.5 Visualization revisited 2.6 Documenting Your Work 9 Adding text… Structuring the worksheet with sections Adding numbers 2.7 Exporting to HTML 3 Chapter 3: Getting More Information 3.1 The Help System Maple help pages Help page toolbar 26 Getting help Help command Help Browser…
iii 1 Chapter 1: Introduction to Maple ................................................. 1 1.1 Installing Maple ................................................................................. 1 1.2 Starting Maple ................................................................................... 1 1.3 The Maple Window ............................................................................ 2 1.4 Accessing Help Pages......................................................................... 4 1.5 Entering Expressions in Maple......................................................... 5 2 Chapter 2: Solving a Problem ...................................................... 9 2.1 Scenario .............................................................................................. 9 2.2 Commands in Packages ..................................................................... 9 2.3 Math and Visualization ................................................................... 10 Plotting the hill .............................................................................. 11 Finding the maximum point of the surface .................................. 12 Finding the skier’s starting point ................................................. 13 Finding the path down .................................................................. 14 2.4 Using a For Loop—Finding the Path.............................................. 15 Performing the initialization ........................................................ 15 Specifying the For Loop ................................................................. 16 2.5 Visualization Revisited.................................................................... 17 2.6 Documenting Your Work ................................................................. 19 Adding text ..................................................................................... 19 Structuring the worksheet with sections ..................................... 21 Adding numbers ............................................................................ 22 2.7 Exporting to HTML.......................................................................... 23 3 Chapter 3: Getting More Information ........................................ 25 3.1 The Help System.............................................................................. 25 Maple help pages ........................................................................... 25 Help page toolbar ........................................................................... 26 Getting help ................................................................................... 27 Help command .......................................................................... 27 Help Browser ............................................................................ 27 Contents
Cont Topic search Full text search 3.2 Manual set 3.3 New User's tour 8899 3.4 Example worksheets.... 3.5 Web sites Index
iv • Contents Topic search .............................................................................. 27 Full text search ......................................................................... 28 3.2 Manual Set ....................................................................................... 28 3.3 New User’s Tour............................................................................... 29 3.4 Example Worksheets ....................................................................... 29 3.5 Web Sites .......................................................................................... 29 Index ................................................................................................... 31