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Symbols

! toolbar icon, 2.5

!!! toolbar icon, 2.5

"", 8.2

$, 5.4

%H, 5.3

%T, 5.3

&x, 5.3

', 3.9, 8.3

(), 9.4

->, 3.9

., 5.3

1-D Math, 3.2, 3.2

2-D Math, 3.2

  converting to 1-D, 3.2

  entering, 1.2

  shortcuts, 1.2

  switching to 1-D, 3.2

:, 3.2, 3.2

::, 4.6

:=, 3.9

;, 3.2, 3.2

<>, 5.3, 5.3

>, 3.2

?

  help topic, 1.6

[], 5.3, 8.2, 8.2

^, 1.2, 4.3

  entering, 4.3

_, 3.9

_ZN~, 4.4

`, 3.9

{}, 8.2

|, 5.3

~, 4.4, 4.6

  element-wise operations, 8.3

A

about command, 4.6

abs command, 4.3

absolute value, 4.3

add

  word to your dictionary, 7.8

add command, 9.3

additionally command, 4.6

algebra, 5.2

  linear, 5.3

  polynomial, 5.2

algsubs command, 8.3

alignment format, 7.2

American spelling

  spellcheck, 7.8

and operator, 9.2

angle brackets, 5.3, 5.3, 5.7

angles, 8.3

animations

  creating, 6.6

  customizing, 6.8

Application Center, 1.7

applications

  sample documents, 1.7

apply

  character styles, 7.2

  paragraph styles, 7.2

approximation, 4.2

  least-squares, 5.3

  numeric, 8.3

arguments, 9.4

arithmetic, 2.4

  finite-precision, 4.2

  interval, 4.5

  matrix and vector, 5.3

  modular, 4.3, 4.3

  polynomial, 5.2

Arrays, 8.2

  indexing, 8.2

  large, 8.2

arrow operator, 3.9

assign command, 4.4

assigned command, 8.3

assignment operator (:=), 3.9

Assistants

  CAD Link, 1.4

  Code Generation, 1.4

  Curve Fitting, 5.2

  Data Set Search, 1.4

  eBook Publisher, 1.4

  Import Data, 1.4, 11.3

  Installer Builder, 1.4

  Library Browser, 1.4

  Maplet Builder, 1.4

  ODE Analyzer, 4.4

  Optimization, 5.5

  overview, 1.4

  Plot Builder, 1.4, 6.2

  Scientific Constants, 1.4

  Special Functions, 1.4

  Student Practice Sheets, 1.4

  Thermophysical Properties Calculator, 1.4

  Tools menu, 1.4

  Unit Converter, 8.3

  Units Converter, 1.4, 4.5

  Worksheet Migration, 1.4

assume command, 4.6

  adding assumptions, 4.6

  and procedure variables, 4.6

  imposing multiple assumptions, 4.6

  removing assumptions, 4.6

  setting relationships between variables, 4.6

  setting variable properties, 4.6

  testing property, 4.6

  using with assuming command, 4.6

  viewing assumptions, 4.6

assuming command, 4.6, 4.6, 5.4, 8.3

  additionally option, 4.6

  and procedure variables, 4.6

  applying to all names, 4.6

  using with assume command, 4.6

Attributes submenu

  character, 7.2

  paragraph, 7.2

auto-execute, 7.3

  repeating, 7.3

  security levels, 7.3

Avogadro constant, 4.5

B

bar chart, 5.6

basis

  vector space, 5.3

binary numbers, 4.3

Bohr radius, 4.5

bold format, 7.2

bookmarks

  using, 7.6

boolean expressions, 8.3, 9.2, 9.2

brackets

  angle, 5.3, 5.3

break statement, 9.2

browser

  Matrix, 5.3, 8.2

  Task, 3.7

bullets

  format, 7.2

button

  embedding, 7.7

Button component, 10.2

by clause, 9.2

  excluding, 9.2

  negative, 9.2

C

CAD Link Assistant, 1.4

calculus, 5.4

  clickable problem solving, 5.8

  multivariate, 5.4

    Student package, 5.4

  of variations, 5.4

  packages, 5.4

  study guides, 5.7, 5.7

  teaching, 5.4, 5.7

  vector, 5.4

    Student package, 5.4

calling sequence, 3.3

canvas

  inserting, 7.5

canvas style

  sketch pad, 7.5

caret

  entering, 4.3

central tendency, 4.5

character styles

  creating, 7.2

  description, 7.2

Check Box component, 10.2

Cholesky decomposition, 5.3

Clickable Math, 5.8

  Drag-to-Solve, 5.8

  Smart Popups, 5.8

clickable math

  expressions, 1.4

Code Edit Region, 9.5

Code Generation, 1.4

CodeGeneration

  package description, 3.3

coeff command, 5.2

coefficients

  polynomials, 5.2

coeffs command, 5.2

collect command, 5.2

colon, 3.2, 3.2

color

  of plots, 6.3

combine command, 8.3

  errors option, 4.5

Combo Box component, 10.2

command completion, 1.2, 1.5

Command-line Interface, P.1

commands, 3.3

  and task templates, 3.7

  displaying procedures, 9.4

  entering, 1.5

  help, 1.6

  hiding, 9.5, 9.5

  iterative, 9.3

  mapping over set or list, 9.3

  package, 3.3

  top, 3.3

  top-level, 3.3

complex expressions, 8.3

complex numbers, 1.3

compoly command, 5.2

components

  adding GUI elements, 7.7

  palette, 7.7

computations

  assistants, 3.6

  commands, 3.3

  context panel, 3.5

  errors, 4.2

    avoiding, 4.2

  integers, 4.3

  interrupting, 9.2

  linear algebra, 5.3

  mathematics, 5.1

  numeric, 4.2

  palettes, 3.4

  performing, 4.1, 5.1

  Real number system, 4.6

  symbolic, 4.2

  syntax-free, 2.6

  task templates, 3.7

  tutors, 3.6

  under assumptions, 4.6

    single evaluation, 4.6

  updating, 2.5

  with uncertainty, 4.5

  with units, 4.5

conditional execution, 9.2

constants, 2.3

content command, 5.2

context

  of unit, 4.5

context panel, 3.5, 5.3

  access tutors, 2.6

  computing with, 2.6

  customizing animations, 6.8

  integer, 3.5, 4.4

  overview, 1.4

  Plot Builder access, 6.2

  using, 1.4

context-sensitive operation, 1.4

  customize text on arrow, 2.6

  equation, 4.4

  integer, 4.3

  using, 1.2

convert command, 8.3

  base option, 4.3, 9.2

  degrees option, 8.3

  mathematical functions, 8.3

  polynom option, 5.4

  set option, 8.3

  temperature option, 4.5

  units option, 4.5, 8.3

copy, 7.2

  and drag, 1.2

  examples, 1.6

copy expressions, 1.2

correlation, 4.5

coulditbe command, 4.6

covariance, 4.5

cross product, 5.3

Curl command, 5.4

Curve Fitting

  package

    PolynomialInterpolation command, 5.2

Curve Fitting Assistant, 5.2

cut and paste

  in tables, 7.4

D

D operator, 5.4

data structures, 2.3, 8.1

  creating, 8.2

Data Table component, 10.2

Database Integration, 11.5

datatype option, 5.3

degree

  command, 5.2

  polynomials, 5.2

denom command, 8.3

derivatives, 5.4

  directional, 5.4

  partial, 2.3, 5.4

  prime notation, 7.3

  Tutor, 5.7

Dial component, 10.2

dictionary, 1.7, 5.7

dictionary topic

  adding hyperlink to, 7.6

diff command, 4.4, 5.4

differential equations

  ordinary, 4.4

  partial, 4.4

  Student package, 5.4

differentiation, 5.4

  with uncertainty, 4.5

  with units, 4.5

Differentiation Methods Tutor, 5.7

Digits environment variable, 4.2

dimension, 4.5, 5.3

  base, 4.5

Directional Derivative Tutor, 5.4

discrim command, 5.2

display

  bookmark, 7.6

distribution

  probability, 5.6

divide command, 5.2

divisors, 4.3

document blocks, 1.5, 7.3

Document mode, 2.2

documents

  running, 1.2

DocumentTools, 10.3

double colon operator, 4.6

dsolve command, 4.4

E

e (exponential)

  entering, 2.3

e-notation, 4.2

eBook Publisher Assistant, 1.4

Edit menu

  in help system, 1.6

eigenvalues, 5.3

eigenvectors, 5.3

element-wise operators, 8.3

elementary charge, 4.5

elements, 4.5

  definition, 4.5

  isotopes, 4.5

    definition, 4.5

    properties, 4.5

  list, 4.5

  properties

    list, 4.5

    uncertainty, 4.5

    units, 4.5

    using, 4.5

    value, 4.5

    value and units, 4.5

elif clauses, 9.2

  order, 9.2

else clause, 9.2

email

  adding hyperlink to, 7.6

embedded components, 7.7, 10.2

  example, 10.3, 10.3

  inserting, 10.3

  properties, 10.3

end do keywords, 9.2, 9.2, 9.2

end if keywords, 9.2

end proc keywords, 9.4

engineers

  portal for, 1.7

Enter key, 2.4

environment variables

  Digits, 4.2

  Order, 5.4

equation

  solving step-by-step, 5.8

equation labels, 3.10

  displaying, 3.10

  features, 3.10

  formatting, 1.5

  inserting, 1.5, 3.10

  numbering schemes, 3.10

  overview, 1.5

  versus names, 3.10

  with multiple outputs, 3.10

Equation Manipulator, 5.8

equations

  solving, 4.4

    for real solutions, 4.6

    numerically, 4.4

    symbolically, 4.4

    transcendental, 4.4

errors

  quantities with, 4.5

Euclidean algorithm, 5.2

eval command, 8.3, 9.4

evalb command, 8.3

evalc command, 8.3

evalf command, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.5, 8.3

  with Int command, 5.4

  with Limit command, 5.4

evaln command, 8.3

evaluate

  and display inline, 2.4

evaluation

  boolean expressions, 8.3

  complex expressions, 8.3

  delaying, 8.3

  levels of, 8.3

  Maple expressions, 8.3

  of expression at a point, 8.3

  output below, 2.4

  output inline, 2.4, 2.6

  updated computations, 2.5

exact

  computation, 4.2

  numbers, 4.2

  quantities

    converting to floating-point, 4.2

example worksheets

  copy, 1.6

execute, 2.4

execution group, 3.2

execution groups, 1.3

expand

  command, 8.3

  document block, 7.3

  execution group, 7.3

  series, 5.4

Exploration Assistant, 1.4

exponents

  entering, 1.2

export, 9.4

  to HTML, 11.4

  to LaTeX, 11.4

  to Maple input, 11.4

  to Maple text, 11.4

  to Maplet application, 11.4

  to other formats, 11.4

  to PDF, 11.4

  to plain text, 11.4

  to Rich Text Format, 11.4

  worksheets, 11.4

exporting

  embedded components, 10.2

expression sequences, 4.4, 8.2

  creating, 9.3

expressions, 2.3, 8.1

  adding, 9.3

  clickable math, 1.4

  evaluating, 8.3

  manipulating, 8.3

  multiplying, 9.3

  versus functional operators, 8.2

F

factor

  integers, 4.3

  polynomials, 5.2

  QR factorization, 5.3

factor command, 5.2, 8.3

factored normal form, 8.3

factorial command, 4.3

FAIL, 9.2, 9.2

false, 9.2, 9.2

Faraday constant, 4.5

Favorites palette, 1.3, 1.3

files

  image formats, 7.5

  reading from, 11.3

  writing to, 11.2

fill option, 5.3

finite fields, 4.3

  solving equations, 4.4

finite rings, 4.3

floating-point

  computation, 4.2

    accuracy, 4.2

    hardware, 4.2

    significant digits, 4.2

  numbers, 4.2

  rational approximation, 3.5

Flux command, 5.4

font color, 7.2

foot-pound-second (FPS) system, 4.5

footers, 7.2

for/from loops, 9.2

for/in loops, 9.2

formal power series solutions, 4.4

format labels, 1.5

Format menu

  bookmarks, 7.6

  quick formatting, 7.2

frac command, 4.6

fractions

  approximating, 2.6

  entering,