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diff --git a/static/v10/man1/maple.1 b/static/v10/man1/maple.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2a8dba35 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man1/maple.1 @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ +.TH MAPLE 1 "02 June 1987" "University of Waterloo" +.ds ]W "Symbolic Comp. Group +.SH NAME +maple \- interactive symbolic algebraic program +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B maple +[ +.B \-b +libname +] [ +.B \-q +] [ +.B \-s +] +\" If a constant width font is used, set cW to 1. +\" Other set cW to 0 and use .cs to set constant spacing for examples +.ie \w'M'>\w'.' .nr cW 0 +.el .nr cW 1 +\" +.SH DESCRIPTION +Initiate a session with the +.I maple +symbolic algebraic program. +Expressions are read from standard input and the results are produced +in the standard output file as soon as each input expression has been +read. +Maple has the ability to algebraically manipulate unbounded integers, +exact rational numbers, real numbers with arbitrary precision, symbolic +formulae, polynomials, sets, lists, and equations. +It can solve systems of equations, differentiate formulae, and integrate +formulae. +In the following example from a Maple session, Maple's output +is shown to the right of the input expressions. +.sp +.ps 9 +.vs 10 +.nf +.if !\n(cW .cs R 18 +.in +2 +p:=x^2\-x\-2; + 2 + p := x \- x \- 2 + +q:=(x+1)^2; + 2 + q := (x + 1) + +s:=p/q; + 2 + x \- x \- 2 + s := \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- + 2 + (x + 1) + +diff(s,x); # differentiate with respect to x + + 2 + 2 x \- 1 x \- x \- 2 + \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \- 2 \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- + 2 3 + (x + 1) (x + 1) + +normal(s); + x \- 2 + \-\-\-\-\-\-\- + x + 1 + +Digits := 47; + Digits := 47 + +x := 3^50; + x := 717897987691852588770249 + +s; + 717897987691852588770247 + \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- + 717897987691852588770250 + +evalf(s); + .99999999999999999999999582113329270438496099068 + +quit; + +.in -2 +.if !\n(cW .cs R +.fi +.ps 10 +.vs 12 + +If there is a system-wide maple initialization file with the name +.I init +under the src subdirectory of the Maple library, then this file +is read before the session starts. +In addition, if there is a maple initialization file named +.I .mapleinit +in the user's home directory, this file is read next. +If the \fI\-s\fR (suppress initialization) +option is specified, Maple will forego reading +any initialization file when initiating a session. + + +If the +.I \-b +(library) option is used, +then +.I pathname +should be the pathname of a directory which contains the Maple library. +This is used to initialize the value of the Maple variable `libname'. +By default, `libname' is initialized with the pathname /u/maple/lib. +Some sites may install a maple shell script which uses the \fI\-b\fR +option to redefine the library pathname to be whatever is appropriate +for those sites, e.g., +.nf + maple \-b /usr/public/waterloo/maple/lib $* +.fi + +The \fI\-q\fR (quiet) option will suppress the printing of Maple's +startup logo, various informational messages (words used messages +and garbage collection messages), and the signoff message. +Maple is better suited for use as a filter when these messages are +suppressed. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.I "Maple: A Sample Interactive Session" +issued by the Symbolic Computation Group as +Research Report CS-85-01 available from the Department of Computer +Science, University of Waterloo, +.br +.I "Maple User's Guide" +by B.W. Char et al, Watcom Publications Limited, Waterloo, Ontario (1985). +.br +.IR mint (1) +.SH FILES +\&.mapleinit +.br +/usr/maple/lib \- Maple library (Pathname subject to change at +each installation.) +.SH AUTHOR +Symbolic Computation Group, University of Waterloo +.SH "FOR HELP" +At Waterloo, there is the newsgroup uw.maple which contains broadcasts +and discussions which would be of interest to general Maple users. +You should subscribe to this newsgroup if you intend to use Maple in +more than just a casual manner. +Users are encouraged to post their questions regarding Maple to this +newsgroup if they feel that their enquiries are of a general nature. +Replies will be posted to the newsgroup for all to see. +If you have a question that you think is of a very specific nature and +not of interest to others, you may send a mail message to +maple_help@watmum. |
