Maple V — the future of mathematics

Maple V — the future of mathematics

Advances in Engineering Software 15 (1992) 76 Software review abilities. Users can write their own programs in a PASCAL-like language and can automat...

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Software review abilities. Users can write their own programs in a PASCAL-like language and can automatically generate procedures from expressions. Programming and debugging tools are provided. Maple V can also be used to create optimised C and F O R T R A N expressions. Maple V is easy to learn and even easier to use. The programming language supports the user standard mathematical notation and in an interactive environment it performs at speeds several times faster than other software. Maple runs on a wide variety of platforms ranging from super computers to workstations to the 386 machines and the Mackintosh. Maple V is fast, accurate, easy and natural to use, does symbolics and numerics, has fast and excellent graphics capabilities in 2-D and 3-D. It is comprehensive with over 2000 built-in functions. Maple is a valuable tool for engineers, researchers and academics of science and engineering. Maple V is distributed in U.K. by CLECOM, the Research Parck Vicent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham BI5 2SQ, U.K.

Maple V - - The Future of Mathematics.

Maple V is probably the most powerful interactive computer algebra system available. The system contains four main features: symbolics, numerics, graphics and programming. When it comes to symbolics, Maple V is fast and accurate allowing the user to deal with the abstract conceptual role of mathematics. Maple is a powerful amplifier for the user's ability to formulate, solve analyse and optimise mathematical models. Numerics are for number crunching and Maple is natural and easy to use with extensive libraries of mathematical procedures to draw from. Graphics bring mathematics to life and are the visual expressions of the creative mind. Maple excels at graphics with two- and three-dimensional plots. Once displayed, the user can manipulate graphics interactively and see them in post-script format. Maple V can also use the advanced graphic capabilities of the Silicon Graphics Hardware and AVS-Scientific Visualisation Software available from Digital. Another great feature of Maple V is its programming

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