User Guide

In the Student[LinearAlgebra] subpackage, the environment differs from
that of the LinearAlgebra package in that floating-point computations are
generally performed using software precision, instead of hardware precision,
and symbols are generally assumed to represent real, rather than complex,
quantities. These defaults, and others, can be controlled using the SetDefault
command. For more information, refer to the ?Student[LinearAlgebra][Set-
Default] help page.
For information on using Maple as a teaching and learning tool, see Teaching
and Learning with Maple (page 180).
4.4 Calculus
The Task Browser (Tools>Tasks>Browse) contains numerous calculus
task templates. For a list of tasks, navigate to one of the related folders, such
as Calculus, Differential Equations, Multivariate Calculus, or Vector
Calculus.
This section describes the key Maple calculus commands, many of which
are used in task templates or available in the context menus.
For a complete list of calculus commands, refer to the Mathematics (includ-
ing Calculus, Differential Equations, Power Series, and Vector Calculus
subfolders) and Student Package sections of the Maple Help System Table
of Contents.
Limits
To compute the limit of an expression as the independent variable ap-
proaches a value:
1. In the Expression palette, click the limit item .
2. Specify the independent variable, limit point, and expression, and then
evaluate it.
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