Publisher's Synopsis
This language and programming reference guide presents a description of Maple V Release 4, a version of the interactive computer algebra system in mathematics, the sciences, engineering and education. The 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 descriptions of the system's user interface and 2D and 3D graphics capablities.