Error, invalid input: ... uses a ... argument, ..., which is missing - Maple Programming Help

Error, invalid input: ... uses a ... argument, ..., which is missing

 Description This error message occurs when one or more arguments expected by the procedure are missing. Refer to the help page corresponding to your procedure for the correct calling sequence.

Examples

Example 1

In the following example, it is unclear whether the argument represents the summand or the index.

 > $\mathrm{sum}\left(i\right)$

Solution:

For this example, assume the intention was for the summand and index to both be  You must explicitly state both arguments for sum.

 > $\mathrm{sum}\left(i,i\right)$
 $\frac{{1}}{{2}}{}{{i}}^{{2}}{-}\frac{{1}}{{2}}{}{i}$ (2.1)

Example 2

In the following example, the polynomial to be factored has not been supplied to the factor command.

 > $\mathrm{factor}\left(\right)$

Solution:

Include polynomial to be factored.

 >
 ${6}{}\left({x}{+}{4}\right){}\left({x}{-}{1}\right)$ (2.2)

Example 3

In this example, the procedure Adder has been defined with two parameters, a and b.

 >
 ${\mathrm{Adder}}{:=}{\mathbf{proc}}\left({a}{::}{\mathrm{integer}}{,}{b}\right)\phantom{\rule[-0.0ex]{0.5em}{0.0ex}}{a}{+}{b}\phantom{\rule[-0.0ex]{0.5em}{0.0ex}}{\mathbf{end proc}}$ (2.3)

Here, the second argument is missing.

 > $\mathrm{Adder}\left(3\right)$

Solution:

 > $\mathrm{Adder}\left(3,2.5\right)$
 ${5.5}$ (2.4)

Example 4

Without the second argument, it is unclear which variable is supposed to be eliminated

 > $\mathrm{eliminate}\left(\left\{{x}^{2}+{y}^{2}-1,{x}^{3}-{y}^{2}x+xy-3\right\}\right)$

Solution:

 > $\mathrm{eliminate}\left(\left\{{x}^{2}+{y}^{2}-1,{x}^{3}-{y}^{2}x+xy-3\right\},x\right)$
 $\left[\left\{{x}{=}\frac{{3}}{{-}{2}{}{{y}}^{{2}}{+}{y}{+}{1}}\right\}{,}\left\{{-}{7}{}{{y}}^{{4}}{+}{4}{}{{y}}^{{6}}{+}{6}{}{{y}}^{{3}}{-}{4}{}{{y}}^{{5}}{+}{4}{}{{y}}^{{2}}{-}{2}{}{y}{+}{8}\right\}\right]$ (2.5)