Maple is a computer program for people doing mathematics.
Using Maple to do your calculations should make the work more interesting, allow you to focus more on the concepts, and help you to avoid silly calculation mistakes. How to use this tutorial This document is intended to get you started, and show you how to learn more. It is intended to be used while sitting at a terminal running Maple in a windowed environment, by entering the commands and thinking about the output. To use any software effectively, some knowledge of the computer's operating system is required. Maple is essentially the same on Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, and the X windows system, but there are minor differences in their interface.