Which is the difference between them? (besides being builtin or not). For the simple examples that I have tested, their output seems the same, eg:

`convert/function`(f,[1]);
                                 f(1)

`?()`(f,[1]);
                                 f(1)

To be "updated" I have defined in Maple 12 an "identity function" using '_passed', but the output shows 'args':

id:=()->_passed; 
                           id := () -> args

Based on the paragraph:

Prior to Maple 10, _passed and _npassed were called args and nargs. For backward compatibility, these names will continue to work as synonyms for the new names.

from ?using_parameters, I find this result unexpected. In fact, I would have expected the other way round, ie that here:

Hi,

at the moment I am writing my bachelor thesis. I use maple to compute

the smith normal form of a matrix.

I would like to know whether there is some information about the complexity of maple's

implementation of the smithForm algorithm (package linearAlgebra).

Thanks,

rauraz

Ever since upgrading to Ubuntu 8.04 I get Java debug messages when starting xmaple or when running maplets from the commandline maple. They look like this:

Hi there ! The attached worksheet has a good review on the theory of determining volumes of solids through the method called "volume by revolution". You can also view an interactive video that shows you how to use Maple's powerful Volume by Revolution tutor that will help you with your homework.

(Ctrl + click on link)

Video Tutorial: Volume by Revolution

Please feel free to ask questions.

This weekend was reunion weekend for me. On Saturday I made the return journey to my alma mater, the University of Waterloo (i.e. I walked 10 minutes to the campus from my house), for the 20^th reunion of my Engineering Class of 1988. Among the various events and activities, I had the pleasure of having a sitdown chat with Professor Peter H. O’N. Roe, retired professor of Systems Design Engineering (my undergrad department) at the University.

I can always tell when it’s back-to-school time... My morning drive becomes just *slightly* more congested: those extra school buses, new college students, and vacationers back from their time away certainly add up on the roads. For us here at Maplesoft it’s always a busy time as well, working with students and educators to get them ready for the new school year.

Here's a first working shot at an external, programmatic mechanism for opening .mw worksheets/Documents as new tabs in an already running Maple Standard GUI session.

This involves a `sh` shell script, runnable in Unix/Linux/OSX/cygwin. Maybe someone could post a MS-Windows .bat batch file equivalent.

The basic idea is this: you have a GUI session open. But you want to be able to open other .mw files in that session without having to go through the GUI's File->Open menu every time ...

Hey there,

the attached worksheet shows you how to master definite integrals using special tools that help you determine the pattern between antiderivatives and the area under a curve.

You can also view the examples done in an interactive video:

(Ctrl+click on link)

Indefinite Integrals - Video Tutorial

The modern engineering achievements of Japanese industry are the stuff of legends. And for an engineering nerd like myself, Japanese industry quite often equates with the many qualities that drew us into engineering –precision, vision, and technological ambition.  So it’s no surprise that each time I visit Japan, I feel like a kid again, eagerly waiting to discover yet another technological marvel -- whether it’s something very important like automotive powertrains that consume ridiculously small amounts of fuel or something that’s just plain fun (like this), I’m generally in a constant state of amazement if not giddiness during my visits.

The attached worksheet gives you a brief review and shows you how to use Maple to solve and better understand the area between curves. You can also view the examples through an interactive video tutorial:

(Ctrl + click on link below)

Video Tutorial: Area between Curves

Please feel free to shoot questions at me!

Let me call them this way. I wonder whether there is a "conversion" table between these names. Examples:

Anyone want to try isprime(2-1) for me?

(see also)

Bruce Schneier posted a link to a nice powerpoint presentation full of (sometimes snarky) maxims about the security industry.  I think a lot of them are pretty universal to software development in general.  You can replace security with computational math in many of the Maxims.  Good examples:

Infinity Maxim:  There are an unlimited number of  [bugs and errors] for a given [computational math] device, system, or program, most of which will never be discovered.

Ignorance is Bliss Maxim:  The confidence that people have in
[a piece of software] is inversely proportional to how much they know about it.

Rohrbach’s Maxim:  No [computational math] device, system, or program
will ever be used properly (the way it was designed) all the time.

Rohrbach Was An Optimist Maxim:  Few  [computational math] devices,
systems, or programs will ever be used properly.

Maple's Standard GUI has context-sensitive menus. Those are the menus that appear when one right-clicks on a output (or input, in a Dcoument).

Those context-menus can be customized.

Below is an example which adds a new submenu. The new submenu is populated automatically according to the types of thing found within the object itself.

It's an alternative to a menu-item that already exists, which shows up as "Help on Command". But that existing item only...