This tutorial introduces the basic workings of Maple. Introduction Maple is an interactive system and works much like Matlab. You then work by entering what you want to calculate and pressing 'Enter' to get Maple to compute the result. If you make mistakes or want to re-evaluate a computation, just use the mouse or arrows to move around.
Maple is an excellent calculator.
Maple always works exactly when dealing with integers and fractions, rather than converting them to real number approximations. In addition to working exactly with integers, Maple also excels at algebraic manipulation. A common use of lists is with plotting graphs of points, where the order the points are joined is important. Variables and Functions Just as in Matlab, in Maple you can assign values to variables to store intermediate results during your calculations. The value of Digits controls the number of digits used in Maple's floating point results.