1 Introduction to Maple Maple is an analytic computation system. It performs mathematical computations and manipulations for solving problems from various technical disciplines. Most significantly, Maple computes both numerical as well symbolic solutions to mathematical expressions. This means that Maple performs computations on expressions that contain symbols, such as T or x, without performing numerical approximations. For example, Maple determines that the derivative of sin(x)is cos(x), even when x has not been assigned a value. Maple provides exact solutions to many technical problems In addition, Maple has visualization tools that contribute to the problem solving process 1.1 Installing Maple For installation and licensing instructions, refer to the Install. htm file on your Maple CD 1.2 Starting Maple You can run the Maple program with either a graphical user interface or a command-line interface. In the graphical user interface, you can enter Maple commands at the prompt, or you can use palettes, context-sensitive menus and other features to construct commands. The worksheet is your Maple document, and in it you can format and document your commands In the command-line interface, you enter Maple commands at the prompt While you cannot access the graphical interface features, the command-line1 1 Introduction to Maple Chapter 1: Introduction to Maple Maple is an analytic computation system. It performs mathematical computations and manipulations for solving problems from various technical disciplines. Most significantly, Maple computes both numerical as well as symbolic solutions to mathematical expressions. This means that Maple performs computations on expressions that contain symbols, such as π or x, without performing numerical approximations. For example, Maple determines that the derivative of
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   file on your Maple CD. 1.2 Starting Maple You can run the Maple program with either a graphical user interface or a command-line interface. In the graphical user interface, you can enter Maple commands at the prompt, or you can use palettes, context-sensitive menus, and other features to construct commands. The worksheet is your Maple document, and in it you can format and document your commands. In the command-line interface, you enter Maple commands at the prompt. While you cannot access the graphical interface features, the command-line