Maple V Programming Guide

An updated language and programming reference for Maple V Release 5. It presents a detailed description of the interactive computer algebra system used as a tool for problem-solving in mathematics, the sciences, engineering and education. This manual describes the use of both numeric and symbolic expressions, the data types available, and the programming language statements in Maple. It shows how the system can be extended or customized through user-defined routines and gives complete descriptions of the system's user interface and 2D and 3D graphics capabilities.