Maple 9 Learning Guide - Maplesoft

86 • Chapter 4: Maple OrganizationSlode commands for finding formal power series solutions of linear ODEs.Sockets commands for network communication in Maple. The routinesin this package enable you to connect to processes on remote hostson a network (such as an Intranet or the Internet) and exchange datawith these processes.SolveTools commands that solve systems of algebraic equations. Thispackage gives expert users access to the routines used by the solvecommand for greater control over the solution process.Spread tools for working with spreadsheets in Maple.stats simple statistical manipulation of data; includes averaging, standarddeviation, correlation coefficients, variance, and regression analysis.StringTools optimized commands for string manipulation.Student contains subpackages that are course specific. In general, thesubpackages contain computation, interactive, and visualization components.The following is a description of three subpackages.Precalculus interactive tutors, which help with some of the fundamentalconcepts that lead to calculus.Calculus1 commands for stepping through differentiation, integration,and limit problems, visualization of Newton’s method, Riemannsums, arc length, volume of rotation and others, as well asroutines for finding points of interest of an expression.LinearAlgebra commands to help instructors present and studentslearn the basic material of a standard first course in linear algebra.Visualization routines use Maple plotting facilities to represent variousconcepts and computations, for example, displaying two 3-DVectors and their cross products. Interactive routines allow studentsto work interactively through a particular type of linear algebraproblem, such as finding the eigenvalues of a square matrix. Thesubpackage also includes routines for Matrix computations, such asconstructing a Matrix of Jordon blocks.SumTools tools for finding closed forms of definite and indefinite sums.tensor commands for calculating with tensors and their applications inGeneral Relativity Theory.