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This is a fully revised edition of the best-selling Introduction to Maple. The book presents the modern computer algebra system Maple, teaching the reader not only what can be done by Maple, but also how and why it can be done. The book also provides the necessary background for those who want the m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heck, A. (André)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [2003]
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Maple (Computer file)
Algebra > Data processing.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to computer algebra
  • The first steps: calculus on numbers
  • Variables and names
  • Getting around with Maple
  • Polynomials and rational functions
  • Internal data representation and substitution
  • Manipulation of polynomials and rational expressions
  • Functions
  • Differentiation
  • Integration and summation
  • Series, approximation, and limits
  • Composite data types
  • The assume facility
  • Simplification
  • Graphics
  • Solving equations
  • Differential equations
  • The linear-algebra package
  • Linear algebra: applications
  • The Groebner basis
  • References
  • Index.