Maple Definition and 224 Threads

Hello there, I'm currently trying to get my head around General Relativity for a term paper; the twist is that I'm dealing with an arbitrary amount of dimensions, that is 4+d, where d is unspecified. Now the maple tensor package does calculation with some fixed amount of dimensions just...

I know this is probably an all too asked question, but I've searched the web and haven't gotten any wiser. I'm currently using my TI-89 calculator for all my calculations, it's fine, does everything I need, but, calculating precisely with some weird irrational numbers just feels clumsy...

> f:=(x+(3*y)-1)*exp^(-(x^2(-(y^2)); > plot3d(f,x=-3..3,y=-3..3); After this, Maple says it is initializing a plot and then I get a big blank space. I'm also trying to find the contours, but when I type: > contourplot(f,x=-3..3,y=-3..3,contours=5); Maple just gives...

How do I use maple to plot a corresponding surface? I have f(x,y)=(2x+y etc. I need to plot for x greater than or equal to 5, y less than or equal to 2. I'm guessing I probably need to do plot3d, but how do I write the limits of x and y? when I write x=5..infinity it doesn't work. Any...

For a function f(x,y) what commands do I use to plot the coresponding surface from, say, -2 </= x, y </= 2? How would I then plot contours?

I just started using Maple 10(old computer is destroyed), and it doesn't recognize some terms that I used to use with older Maple. Can someone convert this for me? Many thanks. code: if type( f, '+' ) then return... Maple 10 don't recognize '+' print ('a['||i||']'= a[i]) Maple 10...

I need some help plotting vectors in either Maple or MATLAB. I have a parametric space curve and I am trying to plot the tangent, normal, and bi-normal unit vectors at several points along the curve. I have roughly 10 or 11 points at which I want to plot the tangent, normal, and binormal...

I am trying to use Maple to graph one variable vs. another. This is normally a simple issue, but the equations I have involving both of the variables is transcendental and it is impossible to solve for the variable I wish to be the independent variable. Does anyone know how I can go about...

Which of the two softwares (Mathematica and Maple) what do you think is better?

i've bought the book calculus: a complete course, sixth ed. and i also want to buy one of these two , but since a don't know much about them and have no experience i would like some help choosing one. 1. mymathlab, 2. maple 10 wich onee is better. for a beginnerr this is my...

Hello everyone; This is my first time in the physics forums, or any forum for that matter, so please accept my apologies if I am posting this in the wrong place. I have just installed grtensorII into Maple 11. I am running it on Fedora 7. The install seems to have worked, although I did...

Hello, Any of you guys here know how to use Maple? I am trying to solve a differential equation using Maple but not sure how to do it.

Anyone have any advice on starting/growing sugar maples from seeds? I bought some seeds a little while ago, and followed the directions on the package, but they never sprouted. The package said to put them in the fridge for a few months, then plant them. I did that with no luck, so I was...

Hello, I was set the problem to differentiate the following streamfunction in order to find its x and y velocities: psi=psinought*tanh(y/d)+mu*exp(-((x-L)^2+y^2)/2*sigma^2)*cos(k(y-vt)). Being the lazy sort I am, I called in Maple. dpsi/dx worked out perfectly (in that I got the same...

I am doing research in a lab with only an older windows comp, and a newer box running *nix ( I don't know what distro exactly as it was set up by argonne) I was wondering if there are programs like maple or mathematica for *nix that are freeware, much like openoffice is.

I'm a 3rd year physics major and I just transferred to my new school. So far, on a couple of the HW's one of my professors has assigned problems that required programs such as mathematica, or maple, etc. I had no idea about what these programs were for until now. Are upper-div classes going to...

sow I'm working on learning some of the maple commands for tensors, and I see a lot of the basic structure, however I don't know how to store a tensor in maple for multiple usages, can anybody help?

Hello guys, I am Junior college student here in Birmingham,al. I plan to transfer to a 4yr. university in about 14 months. I will be a double major in physics and EE. I feel I need to develop some advanced computational skills before my transfer to the senior college. The skills I want to...

So... I want to find the Cauchy sum of the Taylor polynomial of \exp x \sin x. I know how to do this with maple, which only requires the command taylor(sin(x)*exp(x), x = 0, n). I can also try the good old f(a)+\frac{f'(a)}{1!}(x-a)+\frac{f''(a)}{2!}(x-a)^2+\frac{f^{(3)}(a)}{3!}(x-a)^3+\cdots...

i hope i got this in the right forum...if not sorry i was in the market for a mathematical software that would be able to just about anything related to maths (differentiate, integrate, factorise, complete the square, give results in exact form, all the basics, etc.) i am familiar with...

Latex is way too clunky. Can I use Maple to compose the math that I put in my posts? I like the WYSIWYG method of inputing math that it offers because I can't think in those lines of Latex code.

im sort of new to using maple and mathematica for number theoretical functions, is there any way I can plot the values of an integer defined function in either of these programs? thanks

Maple "simple" integration HELP ! hi, somebody please try to help me to integrate an expression in Maple or Mathematica or other... I don't have any of these programs and I don't want to solve it "by hands", because it seems to be long... You can find the expression in my .pdf attachment...

Well, I'm not sure if this is the right place for this question, but it seemed like a good place for it, heh... My question is, in Maple 10, how do you change the default units? More specifically, the program comes with the default angular unit as Radians, and I want to change it to Degrees...

I try to create my first program with MAPLE! Therefore, I really need your help! I'd like to draw a Koch curve with the two function f and d and a constant a=0.5+sqrt(3)/6 *I. Koch curve:=proc(x,y); local a ,d, f,m; z:=evalf(x+y*I); a := 1/2+sqrt(3)/6*I; d :=a*conjugate(z) ...

Is maple syrup nicer tasting than honey?

hello, I am plotting the fresnel integral equations in maple. I was able to plot them, but I also need to tabulate various x and y values of the function between x=-8.5 and x-8.5 in 0.1 increments. Is maple able to do this? I searched for "table" in the help file with no real solution. Can...

I need to plot the following piecewise function for a mark scheme I'm writing, but I can't seem to get maple to plot it. I can define the function, but when I ask maple to plot it, it just hangs. Any help would be much appreciated. The function; f(\theta):= \left\{\begin{array}{lcr}...

Hi... I have a simply question...Which program is better and why? Maple or Mathematica?

I know that this might not be the best forum for the question but I am sure people here can help. I want to do some simple tensor contraction using Maple or Mathematica. The calculation is simple but extremely long. All I want is to teach Maple/Mathematica to do tensor contraction without...

I'm wondering what your opinions are concerning Mathematica and Maple. I'm about to order one or the other for my calculus class (in a high school, college credit/level class). I'm anticipating on getting students at least somewhat familiar with what software will do. I'm also planning on...

How would one acquire an old version of Maple (say 8, or 9)? Is it something that is easy to do? Thanks.edit... Maybe I should add that I have Maple 7, but one of the classes I am taking next semester will have a book that has programs that need some of the things from Maple 8+ (I guess they...

i am new in using MAPLE. can anyone please tell me how i can draw a vector field in MAPLE? suppose i want to draw the vector field of \vec{A} = x\hat{i} + y\hat{j}. or you can take any other vector you like to demostrate how i can draw it.

I'm going to get a CAS for next semester, since I'll be taking Differential Equations as well as a Matrices course. The price for the student version of each is about the same, so which one do you think I should get? I've tried Mathematica, and it's not bad, but after checking out the demos on...

Hello PF peoples! Today was a sad, sad, day.:cry: I was on my way to class and I stepped on something sticky right outside my front door. Long story short, someone thought it would be really funny to coat my car, front doorstep and patio with a generous layer of maple syrup.:mad: I know...

Hi, I have a function f(x) = \frac{\cos(x^2)+x}{x^2+2},\quad x\in[0,3] I have to find the extreme values of the function in in the range [0,3], with Maple, by solving f'(x) = 0. Maple will solve these numerical, and I get 3 values. c_1 = 0.5345058769, c_2=1.732313261 and c_3=2.461303848 ...

How do i show the floating point reprensetation of a number like say ... 100! or 1000! in maple?? i am relatively new to maple so i am not familiar with many of the commands

Let's say i feed Maple with this baby \int_{0}^{\infty }\frac{x\ln x}{1+e^{x}}dx After some thinking he gives me \int_{0}^{\infty }\frac{x\ln x}{1+e^{x}}dx = \frac{1}{12}\left( \ln 2\right) \pi ^{2}+\frac{1}{12}\pi ^{2}-\frac{1}{12}\pi ^{2}\gamma+\frac{1}{2}\zeta \left( 1,2\right)...

hi all, I am new to the forums and am certainly enjoying my stay here (great topics and threads!) :-p Well, I just started out installing and playing around with Maple 10 today. It is a little different to use. Maybe someone can help me. I plug in this equation exactly the way it...

I have an expression like this: expr1:=x*e^2+y*e+(x^2-1)*e^2 How i can, using maple, group terms with e. In this case with result like: expr2:=e^2*(x+x^2-1)+e*y

Is there anyway to use a variable in Maple but assign the variable to be an integer, or a multiple of 2Pi, or to be a real number, or anything like that? For instance, I want to do a quantum calculation, involving Fourier analysis, but I want the computer to know that the n's and m's I'm...

Since Greg recently started allowing Maple worksheets as attachments and since this lonely little forum gets hardly any traffic, I'm going to start using it as an incubator for the development of tutorials for use at PF. I've attached a Maple worksheet (done in Maple 9.5) that shows how to do...

I want to use maple to check my homework problems, but I can't get it to integrate even a simple function. I keep getting the error : Error, Invalid differential. I have been looking thorought the help for quite some time, and don't see anything on what is and what isn't a valid differential...

Say, did you guys know that you can become a registered member at Maplesoft for free and get access to an entire library of professionally-written Maple worksheets and code?? I just found out about this, and I'm like a kid in a candy store! One of the applications is for truss analysis, which...

Hello everyone. I'm solving this D.E. and i used maple 9 to figure out the integral of: (-25*x)/(3*e^(5*x)) it spit out: (1/3*1/(ln(e)^2)+5/3*1/ln(e)*x)/exp(5*x*ln(e)) Here is what it is, sorry i don't LaTeX it up, its easier for me to just scan...

Hi all, I'm currently searching for downloadable maple/mathematica software, do any of you know where I could go online to find one? If I were to buy one, how much would it typically cost?

I'm looking for some math software that I'll be able to use through university. I'll be doing honors in physics next year. I know there are nice TI graphing calculators but how do they compare to computer software? What are your opinions on Mathematica vs Maple vs ______?

Hello, I have a problem with maple. My code is like this: f(A1(v),A2(v),A3(v)) fm:=minimize(f,A1=-1..1,A2=-1..1,A3=-1..1) so that I obtain a fm(v). But I also need to find A1(v),A2(v),A3(v) that minimize f. Do you know any way to do this? Cristian

Can we create a section on physicsforum.com dedicated to the different mathematics software? Separate forums for Maple, MatLab, and Mathematica would allow us to group together questions on those different software packages.

Hi i) Do you know some free website for free downloading Maple? ii) I've heard that Matlab 6.5 has some kind of Maple built inside. What kind of things one can make with that Maple of Matlab? May I solve ODEs? Thanx