Maple User''s Guide
Maple User''s Guide
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枫叶用户指南
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1985
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S. Watt
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B. Char;K. Geddes;G. Gonnet;S. Watt
这是Maple V Release 5（1997）的“基本手册页”和用户指南的组合。虽然Maple已经前进了（现在是Maple 18），但本文试图解释Maple系统内部是如何“思考”的，在过去的18年里，这一点确实没有太大变化。的确，添加了许多精彩的用户界面增强功能：上下文菜单，阳光下一切的图形窗格，更好的输入和绘图方法，现代帮助系统，文档模式，当然还有新的内部功能。毕竟，与Mathematica和其他供应商的竞争正在进行中。然而，如果你仔细阅读Maple 18用户手册，你会发现，在这个光滑的层下面，事情是非常相同的（http://www.maplesoft.com/documentation_center/），你不会发现讨论了许多微妙的问题，下面提出。Maple 18可以将“经典”Maple .mws文件转换为当前的.mws文件格式。Maple V帮助系统，虽然有点奇怪，但有它的优点，并且为每个Maple概念提供了非常详细的手册页，读者应该查阅这些帮助页以了解最后一个词。这些页面通常有可以复制、粘贴和运行的示例，并有相关帮助页面的引用。为了演示，我选择了一些简单的Maple函数和命令来说明Maple是如何工作的。我猜有超过1,000个手册页，其中包括500多个函数描述。GUI本身有点奇怪，需要一些时间来适应，因此下面有很多屏幕剪辑示例。经过一些实践，GUI非常高效和直观。网上有很多免费的PDF Maple用户指南，甚至是古老的Maple V，我收集了其中的几个。我想你会发现，这份文件涉及了其他文件中遗漏的许多问题。当然也有关于Maple的书籍。我应该提到的是，除了Maple，MATLAB和Mathematica，还有许多其他免费软件和专有的“符号计算机代数系统”。Wiki目前列出了大约30个这样的系统http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_algebra_systems，尽管这个列表省略了流行的Octave GNU免费软件。“符号”这个术语可能会排除一些系统，如果他们只能做“数字”的事情。此目录有实时链接。
This is a combination "basic man pages" and user guide for Maple V Release 5 (1997). Although Maple has certainly moved on (currently Maple 18), this document tries to explain how the Maple system "thinks" internally, and that really has not changed much in the last 18 years. It is true that many wonderful User Interface enhancements have been added: context menus, a graphic pane for everything under the sun, fancier entry and plotting methods, modern Help system, document mode, and of course there are new internal features as well. There is after all an ongoing competition with Mathematica and other vendors. However, if you peruse the Maple 18 User Manual you will discover that, below this glossy layer, things are very much the same ( http://www.maplesoft.com/documentation_center/ ), and you won't find discussed many of the subtle issues presented below. Maple 18 can convert "classic" Maple .mws files into its current .mws file format, by the way. The Maple V Help system, although a bit strange, has its strong points and has excellent finely detailed man pages for each Maple concept, and the reader should consult such Help pages for the last word. These pages usually have examples which can be copied and pasted and run, and have references to related Help pages. For presentation I have selected certain simple Maple functions and commands that illustrate how Maple works. I would guess there are over 1,000 man pages, including more than 500 just for function descriptions. The GUI itself is a bit strange and takes some getting used to, hence lots of screen clip examples below. After some practice, the GUI is quite efficient and intuitive. There are many free PDF Maple user guides on the web, even for ancient Maple V, and I have collected several of them. I think you will find that this document addresses many issues omitted in these other documents. There are of course also whole books on Maple. I should mention that in addition to Maple, MATLAB and Mathematica, there are many other freeware and proprietary "symbolic computer algebra systems" floating around. Wiki currently lists about 30 such systems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_algebra_systems , though this list omits the popular Octave GNU freeware. The term "symbolic" might rule out some systems if they can only do things "numerically". This table of contents has live links.