Title	Maple V: Mathematics and its Applications [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the Maple Summer Workshop and Symposium, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, August 9-13,1994 / edited by Robert J. Lopez
Imprint	Boston, MA : Birkhรคuser Boston : Imprint: Birkhรคuser, 1994
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0263-9
Descript	XI, 236 p. online resource

The Maple Summer Workshop and Symposium, MSWS '94, reflects the growing commuยญ nity of Maple users around the world. This volume contains the contributed papers. A careful inspection of author affiliations will reveal that they come from North America, Europe, and Australia. In fact, fifteen come from the United States, two from Canada, one from Australia, and nine come from Europe. Of European papers, two are from Gerยญ many, two are from the Netherlands, two are from Spain, and one each is from Switzerland, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. More important than the geographical diversity is the intellectual range of the contributions. We begin to see in this collection of works papers in which Maple is used in an increasingly flexible way. For example, there is an application in computer science that uses Maple as a tool to create a new utility. There is an application in abstract algebra where Maple has been used to create new functionalities for computing in a rational function field. There are applications to geometrical optics, digital signal processing, and experimental design

I A. Maple in Computer Science -- x201C;Turtle Graphicsโ{128}{157} in Maple V. 2 -- A Distributed Approach to Problem Solving in Maple -- Denotational Semantics Applied to the Typesetting of Maple Expressions -- IB. Maple in Applied Mathematics -- A Symbolic Engineering Mechanics System Built on OEM Maple -- Signal Processing Using Maple V -- Implementation of a Mapping Procedure for the Domain Decomposition for PDEs in Maple -- II A. Maple in Education -- The Influence of Maple on a Linear Algebra Course at the Delft University of Technology -- Can Maple Help in Teaching Calculus with Limited Time and Staff? -- Enlivening the Mathematics Curriculum with Maple -- II B. Maple in Science -- Analytical Approaches to Solving Coupled Nonlinear Schrรถdinger Equations Using Maple V -- Solution of the Solar Cell Transport Equations Using Maple -- Kramers and Wannier V-Matrices for the Partition Functions of the Ising Model -- III A. Maple in Abstract Algebra -- FRAC: A Maple Package for Computing in the Rational Function Field K(X) -- Group Rings and Hopf-Galois Theory in Maple -- Rational Generating Function Applications in Maple -- III B. Maple in Science -- Symbolic-Numeric Computations for Problem-Solving in Physical Chemistry and Biochemistry -- Maple V Analytically Calculating Plane Strain FE-Matrices with Rotational Degrees of Freedom -- Chemical Engineering with Maple -- IV A. Maple in Education -- Maple Labs and Programs for Calculus -- Maple at the University of North London -- Introducing Maple to First Year Engineering Students Via Project Study -- Another Look at Learning the Techniques of Elementary Integration -- Worksheets: Can We Teach Mathematical Algorithms with Them? -- IV B. Maple in Science and the Applications -- Computer Algebra as a Tool for Analyzing Nonlinear Systems -- Maple V and Geometrical Optics: Aberration Coefficients in Arbitrary Optical Systems -- Solution of Banded Linear Systems of Equations in Maple Using LU Factorization -- Using Maple to Design a Complex Mixture Experiment