Maple V Library Reference Manual - Hardcover

Char, Bruce W.; Geddes, Keith O.; Gonnet, Gaston H.; Leong, Benton L.; Monagan, Michael B.; Watt, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387975926 ISBN 13: 9780387975924

Verlag: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1993

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Book by Char Bruce W Geddes Keith O Gonnet Gaston H Leong

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The design and implementation of the Maple system is an on-going project of the Symbolic Com­ putation Group at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. This manual corresponds with version V (roman numeral five) of the Maple system. The on-line help subsystem can be invoked from within a Maple session to view documentation on specific topics. In particular, the command ?updates points the user to documentation updates for each new version of Maple. The Maple project was first conceived in the autumn of 1980, growing out of discussions on the state of symbolic computation at the University of Waterloo. The authors wish to acknowledge many fruitful discussions with colleagues at the University of Waterloo, particularly Morven Gen­ tleman, Michael Malcolm, and Frank Tompa. It was recognized in these discussions that none ofthe locaIly-available systems for symbolic computation provided the facilities that should be expected for symbolic computation in modern computing environments. We concluded that since the basic design decisions for the then-current symbolic systems such as ALTRAN, CAMAL, REDUCE, and MACSYMA were based on 1960's computing technology, it would be wise to design a new system "from scratch". Thus we could take advantage of the software engineering technology which had become available in recent years, as well as drawing from the lessons of experience. Maple's basic features (elementary data structures, Input/output, arithmetic with numbers, and elementary simplification) are coded in a systems programming language for efficiency.

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An interactive system for symbolic computation, Maple was developed to perform hundreds of functions for use at all mathematical levels. This manual describes all of the functions that are available in the Maple library which is where the code for over 95% of Maple's mathematical knowledge and expertise resides. Through the library, the Maple system and the algorithms that it use can be dynamically extended and customized. Each description of the Maple library routines includes a short explanation of the function, the parameters that it uses, and additional details about the function. The design and implementation of the Maple system is an on-going project of the Symbolic Computation Group at the University of Waterloo. The Maple Symbolic Computation System is currently being used at over 1000 sites worldwide. An accompanying manual, the Maple Language Reference Manual, which describes the Maple language and the Maple system itself is currently in preperation.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0387975926
• ISBN 13: 9780387975924
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 724