Brief Maple Support Notes
Sources
There many sample worksheets in the Local subfolder of the Maple
folder on each Macintosh. There are additional course related materials in
other folders including the Math 222 one which covers
multivariable calculus related topics, and Math 221 on linear algebra.
Hypertext Index of Maple Commands and Topics for web version of Multivariable Calculus in the Lab.
Common Error Messages
Additional sample worksheets include:
Other External
Keystrokes
- Maple is case-sensitive - capitalization counts !
- The transcendental number e=2.71... is denoted by E.
- The area of a unit circle is Pi, not pi.
- The square root of -1 is I, not i.
- By default on Macs in the lab, use ENTER rather than RETURN
to evaluate everything associated with the current prompt.
- Lines always end with semi-colons or colons.
Plotting Functions
- 3D Plotting Examples and 2D Plotting Examples.
- Load the plots package first (with(plots);!
- Use plot3d for plotting explicit two variable functions (z=f(x,y)...) or parametric surfaces.
- Use spacecurve for plotting curves in R^3.
- Use plot for plotting one variable functions and parametric curves.
- For surfaces f(x,y,z)=0, use implicitplot3d.
- For curves f(x,y)=0, use implicitplot.
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Last Update: August 16, 2001