sometimes I get expressions with sqrt(n)/n in them where n is positive integer. I'd like Maple to simplify this to 1/sqrt(n).

So sqrt(2)/2 will becomes 1/sqrt(2). I find this simpler.

Here is an example

v:=Vector([1/2, -1/2*sqrt(2), 1/2]);
simplify(v);
simplify(size);
simplify(v,sqrt);
simplify(v,power);

and tried few other things. 

is there a trick to do this? This is the case where all the expression have actual numerical integers in them (not symbolic), just like the above example. These come from numerical examples. 

Few months ago, someone was kind enough to send me an email letting me know that in Maple 2021 the following new change will be in Object

I am attending a workshop on OOP.  In Maple 2021, one will be able 
to invoke a method of an instance of an object with the  syntax:  object_name:-method_name

However, I am not able to get the above to work in Maple 2021. And I looked at the help pages and see no such example. This is what I tried

restart;
module person()
    option object;
    local name := "me";   

    export get_name::static := proc( self::person, $ )
        self:-name;
    end;

    export set_name::static := proc( self::person, name, $ )
        self:-name:=name;
    end;

end:

p:=Object( person ); #create object

p:-get_name();

Error, invalid input: person:-get_name uses a 1st argument, self (of type person), which is missing

What changes are needed in the above code to be able to use  obj:-method()  syntax?

Or is it possible that this change did not go into Maple 2021?

This is new exception generated by Maple pdsolve in 2021. Different from the last post I gave on pdsolve. So I thought it will be better to keep them separate since the causes are different.

interface(version)
restart;
pde :=  diff(w(x,y,z),x)+(a1*x^n1*y+b1*x^m1)*diff(w(x,y,z),y)+(a2*x^n2*y+b2*x^m1)*diff(w(x,y,z),z)= 0;
pdsolve(pde,w(x,y,z));

#another example

restart;
local gamma:
pde := diff(w(x,y,z),x)+(a1*x^n1*y+ b1*x^m1)*diff(w(x,y,z),y)+(a2*x^n2*y+b2*x^m2)*diff(w(x,y,z),z)=c2*x^k2*y+c1*x^k1*z;
pdsolve(pde,w(x,y,z));

Error, (in GAMMA) numeric exception: division by zero

The same PDE works in 2020.2. The answer it gives is large so will not show it all below.

Screen shots

Maple 2021

Maple 2020.2

All on windows 10.

Do other see the same error? What causes it?

I noticed number of pde's now fail in Maple 2021 with the error 

          int/gbinthm/structure INVALID subscript selector

but they do not fail in Maple 2020.2.

Here are few   examples

restart;
pde :=a*x^n*diff(w(x,y),x) + n*x^m*y*diff(w(x,y),y) =s*x^p*y^q+d;
pdsolve(pde,w(x,y));

restart;
pde :=a*x^n*diff(w(x,y),x) + n*x^m*y*diff(w(x,y),y)=c*x^k*y^s+d; 
pdsolve(pde,w(x,y)) 

restart;
pde :=a*x^n*diff(w(x,y),x)+b*x^m*y*diff(w(x,y),y) =  (c*x^k*y^s + d)*w(x,y);
pdsolve(pde,w(x,y))

restart;
pde :=  a*diff(w(x,y),x)+ y*diff(w(x,y),y) = b*w(x,y)+ c*x^n*y^m;
pdsolve(pde,w(x,y))

#etc..

Error, (in int/gbinthm/structure) invalid subscript selector
 

While in Maple 2020.2 they all work. Screen shot

Maple 2021

Maple 2020.2

Any idea why this happens? Do others see the same error?

This is just an obervation. May be due to me missing some clarification.

My understanding is that in Maple 2021, one can now export a complete Maple worksheet/document to Latex successfuly.

According to https://www.maplesoft.com/products/maple/new_features/  it says under "Latex export"
  
  Export is available for individual expressions or the entire document, though the latex command

So I would have expected that now all the online PDF documents for the new features in Maple 2021 to be generated from Latex for better formatting.

But when going over number of documents, they do not appear to have converted to Latex before generating the PDF.

Even the PDF document about the new latex command does not appear to have been generated from Latex. I can quickly recognize a PDF that was generated from Latex, and these PDF files are clearly not.

Looking at sample PDF from Maple website, it says the generator is "iText" and not latex compiler.

It looks like these documents were just a direct export of the Maple worksheet to PDF, instead of being exporting to Latex first, and then compiled to PDF.

Am I missing something? Why not take advantage of the Maple Latex export, and convert all the documents to Latex first and then generate the PDF from Latex? This would make them look much better in terms of formatting and math rendering.

Here are some examples

  https://www.maplesoft.com/products/maple/new_features/Maple2021/PDFs/AdvancedMath.pdf  

  https://www.maplesoft.com/products/maple/new_features/Maple2021/PDFs/ODEsandPDEs.pdf

  https://www.maplesoft.com/products/maple/new_features/Maple2021/PDFs/GraphTheory.pdf

  https://www.maplesoft.com/products/maple/new_features/Maple2021/PDFs/Physics.pdf

  https://www.maplesoft.com/products/maple/new_features/Maple2021/PDFs/LaTeX.pdf

Why did not Maple documentation take advantage of the new export command of Maple's latex command? This would also have been a good way and an opportunity to show case the effectiveness of the new latex export command.

May be it was not done due to time constraint before the release date of maple 2021? Or are there other technical reasons?