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Hello everybody, I come form Denmark where i recently began at the local gymnasium(school).
Here i have math at the highest level possible and I have been told to buy a TI-89 titanium, but i would much rather like to use maple because it only costs half of what the TI-89 costs, and i already have a MacBook.
But the question is do any of you know any good books about the use of maple. Are there any down sides about using maple in comparison to using a TI-89.
Thanks in advance, Daniel Kristensen.
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That depends on whether you have to pass some tests, or not, and whether TI-89 is allowed for using on the tests. Generally speaking, the calculators in the USA still exist only because of that.
Maple on Mac traditionally had problems related to the fact that the classic interface (preferred by many) was not available on Mac. What is the current situation I don't know.
If you have some plans for your undergraduate studies, you, probably, should check what software, or calculators, are used there for Calculus courses and buy the one that is used.
If I was in your situation, I would use SAGE - and it is free.
The standard recommendation for Maple books is the manuals that come with Maple.
Alec
My humble opinion
Well, a calculator is much more handy if you have to do only quick and simple calculations.
You can bring it always with you and, unless you use a subnotebook, is much lighter than a notebook, moreover is always ready to use, instead if you want to use a pc you have to turn it on and wait a little.
If I was in your situation, I would buy a cheaper calculator (no more than 60 euros) and a Maple student license.
Yes, SAGE is free, it is a good and reliable software, it introduces you to Python programming language and probably it has all you need for your current studies, so I recommend you to try it (and also maxima (it is included in SAGE, but it is a standalone program), octave, scilab and gnuplot), but Maple has better capabilities (beginning from plotting and far more), there are some packages dedicated to students and there are a lot of guides and worksheets that you can download and that can help you to better understand some mathematical concepts: most of them are free, but there are also some quite good guides that you can buy on Maple web store.
Maple has a nicer interface and you can easily do a lot of calculations just clicking on menus: I don't like "Clickable Calculus (TM)" very much and I suggest you to learn to use command line, however this feature allows you to use from the very beginning most of the power of Maple (at least up to entry undergraduate level) and sometimes it can be very confortable.
Moreover, Maple has also good typesetting capabilities: I suggest you to learn Latex, but sometimes you can save time using Maple for some tasks.
About the documentation, in addition to what Alec has already written, I suggest you to give a look at the useful tutorials and worksheets that you can find in the application and student center on Maplesoft site.
Have a nice day.
Gabriele I.
maybe both
Even if you get the calculator, at some point in your studies you might well wish to try Maple too. It's a great deal of power for the cost of the student version (much lower than full pricing, but with the same functionality).
Many books on Maple are listed here.
acer
ti nspire + maple
If both are to be used, I'd suggest getting the newest TI NSpire CAS calculator rather than the TI 89.
I've always used both the TI-89 and Maple, and for me that works well. I recently got the new NSpire CAS, and although it takes some getting used to, I really like it. And of course I really, really like Maple!