MATH 2072 Maple Introduction Name:
Maple - computer algebra system able to do symbolic manipulations for the various Calculus topics covered this
semester as well as 2D and 3D graphing and animations.
1. Basic Operations -
Use“:=” to assign values or functions.
Use “:” at the end of the line, if you do not want to see the result.
Use “;” at the end of the command line, if you DO want to see the result.
Use “*” for constant multiplication. For example 3x would be typed as 3*x
Use commands starting with lower case to evaluate an expression.
Use commands starting with UPPER case to write an expression.
Type in and execute the following commands.
>7+5;
>a = 7; b = 5; a + b;
>a:= 7; b := 5; a + b;
> f := x−> x∧2: g:= x−> x −4: h:= x−>cos(x):
> f(2);
> f(h(x));
> g(h(f(2)));
>evalf(g(h(f(2))));
2. Limits
Type in and execute the following commands used to evaluate limits.
> f := x−> x∧3−4∗x∧2 + 11:
>limit((f(x+h)-f(x))/h,h=0);
>limit((1+sin(x))∧cot(3*x),x=0);
