1. An Introduction to Maple
Charles Minard
Department of Epidemiology
UTMDACC
December 17, 2003

2. Outline Introduction to the Maple worksheet environment
Numerical Calculations and Algebraic Computations
Graphics
Calculus
Linear Algebra
Statistics
Programming

3. The Maple Worksheet Environment
Executable statements
Documentation
Pallettes
Hierarchical structure
Restart
Unassign

4. Numerical Calculations
Computations with integers
Floating point arithmetic
Exact arithmetic
Finite and infinite sums and products
Complex numbers and special functions

5. Algebraic Computions Algebraic expressions Function notation
Solving equations and systems of equations
Solving inequalities

6. Graphics
Two dimensional plots
Three dimensional plots
Animated plots

7. Calculus
Differentiation
Integration
Limits

8. Linear Algebra Creating matrices Matrix properties Determinant Inverse
Multiplication
Eigenvalues

9. Programming
Writing a basic program
Loops
Execution of program

10. Thank You!