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 Education

New in Maple 18:

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 • Improved tools for creating interactive Math Apps
 • A new package for Grading questions
 • New Student Statistics package
 • New Student Basics package
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 • Updates to Student Multivariate Calculus
 • Simplified, more comprehensive context menus
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Many new features of Maple 18 were built with the classroom in mind. There are many new Clickable Math tools to support exploration, including new Math Apps, tutors, context menus, and a new Calculus palette. Maple 18 also provides new functionality designed specifically for education, including a full statistics package for introductory statistics courses. In addition, Maple 18 includes new tools for the creation of gradeable math apps and assignment questions, for use both in Maple and in Maple T.A.

Math Apps

 Ionic Bonds Cell Mutations Resistors Vigenère Cipher Relativistic Doppler Effect

Maple 18 includes 76 new Math Apps that can be used in the classroom to engage students. Maple 18 also introduces several new categories of Math Apps, including new apps in Biological & Chemical Sciences, Engineering, Logic and more.

Improved Tools for Creating Interactive Math Apps

Embedded components are the key building blocks for MathApps and any interactive application in Maple. Maple 18 features updates to many of the embedded components used to create interactive applications such as new embedded components, border control for plot, text area and math container components, and much more. For details on the numerous enhancements see Embedded Component Enhancements.

In addition to the changes for embedded components, creating interactive applications is easier with updates to the Explore command. The Explore command is a versatile way to create interactive applications. It can create a display component, as well as controllers such as sliders, dials, and drop-down boxes that can be used to explore mathematical expressions, plots, or images that depend on parameters. For more information, see What's New in the Explore Command in Maple 18.

 > $\mathrm{Explore}\left(\mathrm{Fractals}:-\mathrm{EscapeTime}:-\mathrm{Mandelbrot}\left(250,-1.78+\frac{-1-1.5I}{{ⅇ}^{\mathrm{zoom}}},-1.78+\frac{2.2+1.5I}{{ⅇ}^{\mathrm{zoom}}},\mathrm{iterationlimit}=a,\mathrm{output}=\mathrm{layer1}\right),\mathrm{parameters}=\left[a=50..300,\mathrm{zoom}=0.0..8.0\right],\mathrm{animate},\mathrm{placement}=\mathrm{left}\right)$

The new Grading package provides tools for grading. The Grading package includes commands for grading plots, generating interactive quizzes, and much more. The Grading package also makes it easy to create gradeable Math Apps, effectively integrating with embedded components to create grading applications.

 > $\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{Grading}\right):$
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 Is 1 + 1 = 2?

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 Is  prime?

Student Statistics Package

A new package for Student Statistics is designed to help teachers present and students understand the basic material of a standard course in statistics. The package features over 50 commands subdivided into three main components: quantities (including visualization and formulas), hypothesis testing, and interactive exploration.

 > $\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{Student}:-\mathrm{Statistics}\right):$
 >

Random Variables:

Parameters:

 ${\mathrm{mu___R5}}$ ${\mathrm{sigma___R5}}$

Statistical Properties:

 Mean Support Median Variance Mode Moment Generating Function

 Probability Distribution Function

 Cumulative Distribution Function

For details, see Statistics for Students.

Student Basics Package

The new Student Basics package helps to explore the foundations of higher math, making it possible to provide step-by-step breakdowns for expanding and simplifying mathematical expressions, such as simplifying fractions, expanding products of polynomials, or solving linear equations. All the steps to the solution are shown and documented, so that a student can easily understand what is happening at each stage of the solution. Students can use this package to understand where results are coming from and learn how to solve these problems on their own.

Example

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 $\begin{array}{c}\frac{{{x}}^{{2}}}{{4}}{+}\frac{{{y}}^{{2}}}{{4}}{=}\frac{{{x}}^{{2}}}{{4}}{+}\left({-2}\right){}{x}{+}{14}\\ \frac{{{x}}^{{2}}}{{4}}{-}\frac{{{x}}^{{2}}}{{4}}{-}\left({-2}\right){}{x}{=}{14}{-}\frac{{{y}}^{{2}}}{{4}}& \left({\mathrm{subtract from both sides}}\right)\\ \frac{{{x}}^{{2}}}{{4}}{-}\frac{{{x}}^{{2}}}{{4}}{+}{2}{}{x}{=}{14}{-}\frac{{{y}}^{{2}}}{{4}}& \left({\mathrm{distribute negation}}\right)\\ {2}{}{x}{=}{14}{-}\frac{{{y}}^{{2}}}{{4}}& \left({\mathrm{add terms}}\right)\\ {x}{=}\frac{{14}{-}\frac{{{y}}^{{2}}}{{4}}}{{2}}& \left({\mathrm{divide both sides}}\right)\end{array}$ (5.1)

See Student Basics for more examples.

Calculus Palette

 A new Calculus Palette contains buttons for constructing expressions such as double and triple integrals and dot derivatives.   Each entry is a template. To fill in the content, navigate through the placeholders using the Tab key.   By default, the Calculus palette will be visible on start-up in the left pane of the Maple window. If the Calculus palette is not visible, click the View menu, and select Palettes>Show Palette>Calculus.   For more information on palettes, see Overview of Palettes. Calculus Palette