User Guide

3 Performing Computations

This chapter discusses key concepts related to performing computations with

Maple. It discusses important features that are relevant to all Maple users.

After learning about these concepts, you will learn how to use Maple to solve

problems in specific areas in the following chapter.

3.1 In This Chapter

TopicsSection

• Exact Computations

• Floating-Point Computations

• Converting Exact Quantities to Floating-

Point Values

• Sources of Error

Symbolic and Numeric Computation - An

overview of exact and floating-point compu-

tation

• Important Integer Commands

• Non-Base 10 Numbers

• Finite Rings and Fields

• Gaussian Integers

Integer Operations - How to perform integer

computations

• Equations and Inequations

• Ordinary Differential Equations

• Partial Differential Equations

• Integer Equations

• Integer Equations in a Finite Field

• Linear Systems

• Recurrence Relations

Solving - How to solve standard mathematic-

al equations