Contents

• Contents
• Introduction
  • Evaluation
  • Expressions: Sums, Products, Powers, Functions
  • Indexed names and Functions
  • Statements: Assignment, Conditional, Loops
• Data Structures
  • Sequences
  • Lists and Sets
  • Tables
  • Arrays
  • Records
  • Linked Lists
• Maple Procedures
  • Parameters, Local Variables, RETURN, ERROR
  • Tracing Procedure Execution: printlevel
  • Arrow Operators
  • Scope Rules: Parameters, Locals, Globals
  • Evaluation Rules: Actual and Formal Parameters, Locals, Globals
  • Recurrence Equations and Option Remember
  • Types and Map
  • Variable Number of Arguments: args and nargs
  • Returning Unevaluated
  • Simplifications and Transformation Rules
  • Optional Arguments and Default Values
  • Returning Results Through Parameters
• Programming in Maple
  • Matrix and Vector Computation in Maple
  • Numerical Computation in Maple
  • Computing with Polynomials in Maple
  • Reading and Saving Procedures: read and save
  • Debugging Maple Programs
  • Interfacing with other Maple Facilities
  • Calling External Programs
  • File Input/Output of Numerical Data
  • Fortran and C output
• Exercises
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