We are pleased to announce the winner of the monthly Maple Mentors Awards for December. The winner for December is Acer. Acer will receive a prize of his choice to thank him for his involvement with the MaplePrimes community.
Congratulations and keep up the good work!!
We are pleased to announce the winners of the monthly Maple Mentors Awards for October and November. The winner for October is Douglas Meade and Georgios Kokovidis has won for November. Douglas Meade and Georgios Kokovidis will receive a prize of their choice to thank them for their involvement with the MaplePrimes community.
We have received many emails nominating these individuals. One member had this comment concerning the help given by Douglas Meade:
We are pleased to announce the first winners of the monthly Maple Mentors Awards. Jacques Carette and Robert Israel will receive a prize of their choice to thank them for their involvement with the MaplePrimes community. Jacques has consistently been a valuable member of MaplePrimes, posting clear and insightful information on advanced topics. Robert in particular has been active in the Student Forums on MaplePrimes since their inception and we would like to recognize this. One member had these comments on the two:
This is to inform you that we are now shipping the newest version of Maple T.A. – Maple T.A. 3.0.
Maple T.A. is an easy-to-use web-based system for creating tests and assignments, automatically assessing student responses and performance. It supports complex, free-form entry of mathematical equations and intelligent evaluation of responses, making it ideal for mathematics, science, or any course that requires mathematics.
The new edition – Maple T.A. 3.0 – comes with increased flexibility in content creation, an enhanced user interface and improved grading and assessment capabilities
Maplesoft has now posted the 11.01 update for users running Maple 11. You can download the update
here .
As the website mentions, this update includes improvements in the following areas:
- Differential Equations
- Maplets
- Physics Package updates
- Plot legends
- Vector Calculus
Who is entitled to Maple 11.01?
Maple 11.01 is available to all users running Maple 11. If your Help>About Maple 11 dialog from the Standard Interface reads Maple 11.01, then you already have the update and no further action is required.
In this episode Tom Lee takes some time to chat with three students working at Maplesoft for the summer. Laura Bradbury and Elyot Grant are both students at the University of Waterloo, respectively studying Computational Mathematics and Computer Science/Mathematics. Zach Daly is a Mathematics major at the University of Guelph. They discuss their opinions and experiences of using Maple in the student paradigm, and offer ideas for other students just starting out with Maple. Eithne Murray joins Tom to discuss Maple’s offerings and resources for students, and as always the latest news is covered, including information on the release of Vista-compatible Maple.
New York-
A public school teacher was arrested today at J.F.K. International Airport
as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler,
protractor, a set square, a slide rule and a calculator. At a morning press
conference, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said he believes the man is a
member of the notorious Al-gebra movement. He did not identify the man, who
has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction.
"Al-gebra is a problem for us," Gonzales said. "They desire solutions by
means and extremes and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute
values. They use secret code names like 'x' and 'y' and refer to themselves
as 'unknowns', but we have determined they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country. As the Greek
philanderer Isosceles used to say, 'There are 3 sides to every triangle.'"
When asked to comment on the arrest, President Bush said, "If G-d had wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, He would have given us more fingers and toes."
White House aides told reporters they could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement by the President.
