Math Forum / Math Software / Maple / March 2005

Can somebody explain why my Maple 9.50 has problems
with the following calculation:
    > solve(s<=sqrt(2*(s+3))-583/119);
        -3

Is there a way to approximate a function with Maple 7 library
routines when I have constraints on the error? Specifically, I want
to approximate exp(x) on [0,1] with zero relative error at the
interval endpoints, so that range reduction gives a continuous

Is it possible to do so that
combine(cos(u)^2*cos(x)^2)  gives  cos(u)^2*(1/2*cos(2*x)+1/2)
not
1/8*cos(2*u-2*x)+1/8*cos(2*u+2*x)+1/4*cos(2*u)+1/4*cos(2*x)+1/4 ?

When I upgrade the Maple 9.5.0 by 9.5.2 upgrade (Windows), the About AMple
windows still shows, that Maple is 9.5.1.
What is wrong???
Michal

Dear readers,
After upgrading from Maple 9.5.0 to Maple 9.5.1 the Latex exporter
produces wrong Latex. See screenshot at:
www.heko.dk/~maj/maple951.png

I'm trying to calculate the following sum on Maple 9.5,
sum(  (1/((n-i+1)^2))*binomial(n,i-1) * (p^(i-1)) *((1-p)^(n-i+1)),
i=1..n);
Without using any specific package Maple returns the math form of the

Virtual MAPLE-newbie (in some senses), so please set flame-throwers to
'singe only'. ;-)
I'm wondering if there is a repository of examples, or some reference
material, on how to handle analysis of first- and second-order

I need to define linear operator T(f(x),x) (so called Tilbert
transform):
T(a,x) = 0 if a is independent of x
T(a*f(x) + b*g(x),x) = a*T(f(x)) + b*T(g(x))

I'd like to know if there are shortcut keys for basic formatting
applications like superscript and subscript. It's a real pain in the a.s 
if all you need to do is to write a couple of exponents into your notes
and all you can do is 23.

I would like to enter the following text/documentation in a
Maple worksheet:
   Now we evaluate the function on the half-open
   interval [0,omega) in the (r,theta,phi) coordinates:

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where do they sell the book
K. O. Geddes et al.
Algorithms for Computer Algebra
for an affordable price (ie. less

I'm a new user of Maple, but I really like the graph option that Maple
permits, so that's my question. I have a quadratic regression model, and I
want to graphs the estimated regression functions relating the DV and the IV
of my interest for the quadratic specification, along with a ...

Because of some reasons I have decided to use "proc" instead of
"define", however now I started to understand that these commands are
not equivalent and I am no more sure that with "proc" I can do
everything that I could do with "define".

I'm trying to extract the power of a variable in an expression for
dimensional analysis.
Ex: (T*L)^(a)*(L^2)^(b).  I need to extract the power to which L is
raised, i.e. I want Maple to return a+2b.