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