Maple By Example

Maple by Example, Third Edition, is a reference/text for beginning and experienced students, professional engineers, and other Maple users. This new edition has been updated to be compatible with the most recent release of the Maple software. Coverage includes built-in Maple commands used in courses and practices that involve calculus, linear algebra, business mathematics, ordinary and partial differential equations, numerical methods, graphics and more.

• Updated coverage of Maple features and functions
• Backwards compatible for all versions
• New applications from a variety of fields, including biology, physics and engineering
• Expanded topics with many additional examples

Students and practitioners of mathematics, engineering, and statistics, from the most elementary to the most advanced levels

Getting Started Introduction to Maple Loading Packages Getting Help from Maple

Basic operations on Numbers, Expressions, and Functions: Numerical Calculations and Built-In Functions
Expressions and Functions: Elementary Algebra
Graphing Functions, Expressions, and Equations Solving Equations and Inequalities

Calculus Limits Differential Calculus Integral Calculus Series Multi-Variable Calculus

Introduction to Lists and Tables Lists and List Operations Manipulating Lists: More on op and map Mathematics of Finance Other Applications

Matrices and Vectors: Topics from Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus Nested Lists: Introduction to Matrices, Vectors and Matrix Operations Linear Systems of Equations Selected Topics from Linear Algebra Maxima and Minima Using Linear Programming Selected Topics from Vector Calculus

Applications Related to Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations First-Order Ordinary Differential Equations Second-Order Linear Equations Higher-Order Linear Equations Systems of Equations Some Partial Differential Equations

Bibliography

Index