User Guide

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For information on evaluating an expression at a point, see Substituting a
Value for a Subexpression (page 310). For information on creating a series
approximation, see Series (page 161).
For more information on floating-point numbers, refer to the ?float and
?type/float help pages.
3.3 Integer Operations
In addition to the basic arithmetic operators, Maple has many specialized
commands for performing more complicated integer computations, such as
factoring an integer, testing whether an integer is a prime number, and de-
termining the greatest common divisor (GCD) of a pair of integers.
Note: Many integer operations are available as task templates
(Tools>Tasks>Browse).
You can quickly perform many integer operations using context menus. Se-
lecting an integer, and then right-clicking (for Macintosh, Control-clicking)
displays a context menu with integer commands, for example, Integer
Factors, which applies the ifactor command. See Figure 3.1.
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