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Maple By Example

  • 3rd Edition - March 21, 2005
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Martha L. Abell, James P. Braselton
  • Language: English

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… Read more

Description

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.

Key features

  • 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

Readership

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

Table of contents

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

Review quotes

"The authors did a superb job. This is an excellent reference book on the use of Maple in sciences and engineering."
—Kingshuk Majumdar, Berea College

"The authors have done a magnificent job of enriching the repertoire of examples on which the book is built."—Fred Szabo, Concordia University

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 21, 2005
  • Language: English

About the authors

MA

Martha L. Abell

Martha L. Abell and James P. Braselton are graduates of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Ohio State University, respectively, and teach at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro where they have extensive experience instructing students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Other books by the authors include Differential Equations with Mathematica and Mathematica by Example.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita

JB

James P. Braselton

Martha L. Abell and James P. Braselton are graduates of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Ohio State University, respectively, and teach at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro where they have extensive experience instructing students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Other books by the authors include Differential Equations with Mathematica and Mathematica by Example.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor Emeritus