Learning Maxima: Beginner Video Tutorials

[Leo Liu]

I am switching from Mathematica to Maxima. Although both of them are symbolic computation programs, I think it is better to start studying Maxima's language from the basic stuff. Could someone recommend some good video tutorials to me? Thanks.

 

[jedishrfu]

Here's an old one to get you started:

http://maxima.sourceforge.net/docs/tutorial/en/gaertner-tutorial-revision/Contents.htm

and this video tutorial on yoututbe:

 

[jedishrfu]

and from Prof Glasner's website:

• Maxima and Octave
  • Maxima and Octave are two open source mathematical tools http://maxima.sourceforge.net/compalg.shtml The are a lot of good reasons for using open source software beyond its purchase price which are clearly documented here.
• • The current implementation of MIT's Macsyma system for computer based algebra is called Maxima and is available for MS Windows under the GNU Public License here.
• • The Maxima package for Windows also includes http://wxmaxima.sourceforge.net/ which can help people start using Maxima without learning Maxima's languange.
• • For the Mac OS X see MacPorts.
• • Here is http://www.math.harvard.edu/computing/maxima brief introduction to Maxima.
• • Here is an http://www.math.psu.edu/glasner/m251/intromax.html, as well as http://www.math.psu.edu/glasner/Max_doc/maxima-primer.html which is distributed with maxima.
• • Here is some http://www.math.psu.edu/glasner/Max_doc/index.html on Maxima.
• • Octave, a Matlab alternative for numerical work, is available under the GPL.
• • 
    Here is a website using Maxima as its CAS engine and http://www.my-tool.com/mathematics/maximaphp/
• • Links to additional CAS's using Maxima as a component in a larger scheme http://maxima.sourceforge.net/relatedprojects.shtml

http://www.personal.psu.edu/mxg/m251_fa09/thepage.html

 

[jedishrfu]

ANother computational tool to consider is Julia:

Julialang.org

Julia does matrix style computations along the lines of Matlab but without the frills or cost.

 

[Leo Liu]

ANother computational tool to consider is Julia:

Julialang.org

Julia does matrix style computations along the lines of Matlab but without the frills or cost.

Thanks for your reply. But isn't julia not a symbolic computation program?

 

[jedishrfu]

Julia can interface so anything is possible