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Quandl library for Maple

DSkoog — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:36:18 Z

Using the Quandl API, we have created a Quandl library for Maple. The Quandl library for Maple provides easy access to Quandl’s repository of over 5 million time-series datasets from directly inside Maple, allowing you to utilize Maple’s robust tools for mathematical statistics and data analysis on Quandl’s extensive collection of data. This library features a similar set of functionalities to the Quandl

Happy Birthday to Maplesoft!

Jim Cooper — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:57:58 Z

It’s hard to believe, but Maplesoft as a company has reached the quarter-century mark. Twenty-five years ago this month, the founders launched this company as a vehicle to market, distribute and support a symbolic computation program they had created called Maple. They had...

Plotting Maple 17

DSkoog — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:57:40 Z

Maple 17 adds several new visualizations in Graph Theory as well as updates to inequality plotting and visualizing branch cuts in mathematical expressions. In preparing the “what’s new” pages for Maple 17, we decided to showcase several of these plots alongside some of our other favourites.

The following file contains code to create most of the “what’s new” plots, as well as some quick tips and techniques for using the ColorTools package to enhance your plots:...

Lines and Planes in the Student MultivariateCalculus Package

Robert Lopez — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:34:40 Z

In Maple 17, the Student MultivariateCalculus package has been augmented with fifteen new commands relevant for defining and manipulating lines and planes. There already exists a functionality for this in the geom3d package whose structures differ from those in the new Student packages. Students...

Introducing Maple 17

Laurent Bernardin — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:27:13 Z

Every year at Maplesoft, we continue to pursue our mission of making powerful computational mathematics easily accessible within a friendly environment. Maple 17 is no exception: Hundreds of new algorithms, from differential equations to statistics to signal processing, continue to keep Maple ahead of the curve. At the same time, a wealth...

The Möbius Project and the Rise of Technology in Education

Laurent Bernardin — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:56:49 Z

Never before has the educational landscape been changing as fast as it is today, driven by a new generation of students who are growing up with instant access to on-demand information. This generation relies on ubiquitous network access and takes for granted technology that permeates every aspect of their lives. Phones and tablets are everyday companions and are used to connect with their peers, take classroom notes and research school projects. Beyond being mere consumers...

Yet more Clickable Calculus solutions!

Robert Lopez — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:02:23 Z

Ten more Clickable Calculus solutions have been added to the Teaching Concepts with Maple section of the Maplesoft web site. Solutions to problems include examples in algebra, differential and integral calculus, lines-and-planes in multivariate calculus, linear algebra, and vector calculus.

The algebra additions include an example illustrating how a

A Simple Thank You

Kathleen McNichol — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:29:55 Z

Recently, a Maplesoft customer service representative received an e-mail from one of our users with the subject line: A Simple Thank You. We wanted to share this message with you, as it demonstrates how the power and flexibility of Maple helped one student get ahead in his studies.

The following is an actual email we received from Eli E., which describes his experience using Maple as a university student.

Hello, my name is Eli...

Car Talk Puzzler - September 22, 2012

Robert Lopez — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:26:40 Z

Revision Note:
I have updated the graph in the attached Maple document based on Doug Meade's comment below.
CarTalkPuzzler_9-22-.mw

Car Talk, a humorous phone-in program in which Tom and Ray Magliozzi (Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers) diagnose and offer solutions for mysterious auto-related maladies, is carried by National Public Radio...

11 New Clickable Calculus Examples added to Teaching Concepts with Maple

Robert Lopez — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:58:10 Z

Eleven new Clickable-Calculus examples have been added to the Teaching Concepts with Maple section of the Maplesoft website. That means some 74 of the 154 solved problems in my data-base of syntax-free calculations are now available. Once again, these examples and associated videos illustrate point-and-click computations in support of the pedagogic message of resequencing skills and concepts.

This message has been articulated in ...

Further Analysis of a Minimization Problem: Distance from a Point to a Curve

Robert Lopez — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:36:56 Z

This post is a further exploration of the optimization problem of finding a point on f(x) = sinh(x) - xe^-3xclosest to the point (1,7). The problem is part of our Teaching Concepts with Maple web site, a collection of video examples and Maple worksheets designed to illustrate how Maple can be used to generate...

MapleSim 6: Advances in System-Level Modeling

Laurent Bernardin — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:37:14 Z

MapleSim has seen a rapid evolution since its inception in 2008 as a multi-domain system-level modeling and simulation environment. Market response has been outstanding: Maplesoft has been working with an expanding list of key industry players such as AISIN AW Co., Ltd. and B&R, while major customers like

Modelling Flow Inertia in Three Coupled Liquid Tanks

Samir Khan — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:42:55 Z

1 Introduction

Three tanks are connected with two pipes. Each tank is initially filled to a different level. A valve in each pipe opens, and the liquid levels gradually reach equilibrium. Here, we model the system in MapleSim (including the influence of flow inertia), and also derive and solve the analytical equations in Maple.

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Land Rover on Mars on Monday

Paul Goossens — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:45:04 Z

On Monday, August 6 at 1:31 a.m. EDT, NASA will attempt the landing of a new planetary rover, named Curiosity, on the surface of Mars. The Mars Science Laboratory project is managed by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, a world-renowned center for robotic space exploration and advanced science and engineering. JPL recently began a widespread adoption of Maplesoft technology, and Maplesoft’s products are expected to help JPL save...

Ten new 'Teaching Concepts with Maple' examples added

Robert Lopez — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:04:25 Z

With the addition of ten new Clickable-Calculus examples to the Teaching Concepts with Maple section of the Maplesoft website, we've now posted 63 of the 154 solved problems in my data-base of syntax-free calculations. Once again, these examples and associated videos illustrate point-and-click computations, but more important, they embody the