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WATERLOO MAPLE SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES MAPLE V RELEASE 3
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Reid M. Pinchback)
Wed Mar 16 13:58:02 1994
To: msug@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 94 13:56:47 EST
From: "Reid M. Pinchback" <reidmp@MIT.EDU>
Well, Maple V Release 3 has just been announced.
[For MIT folks, no, I don't yet know when we will be making MVR3
available in the Athena environment. It depends on when we
receive tapes for our hardware platforms.]
Reid M. Pinchback
Faculty Liaison
Academic Computing Services, MIT
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Originally-From: Kate Atherley <atherley@maplesoft.on.ca>
WATERLOO MAPLE SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES MAPLE V RELEASE 3
WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada, March 15, 1994
Waterloo Maple Software today announced Maple V Release 3, a
new and significantly improved version of its comprehensive
mathematical software package. This new version builds on
Maple's reputation for symbolic and numeric computational
power, graphics capabilities, and programming. Major new
enhancements and features include an easy-to-use worksheet
interface including export to LaTeX, mathematical robustness,
interactive graphics, and a new help facility featuring
keyword searches within help pages.
"We have paid attention to the needs of our customers by
providing them with tools that are important to the
advancement of their work," said Chris Howlett, director of
research and development, Waterloo Maple Software. "Users of
Maple V can now solve more problems than previously possible
with computer algebra systems."
NEW FEATURES OF MAPLE V RELEASE 3
Many of Maple V Release 3's symbolic and numeric functions
have been greatly enhanced. Significant work has been done in
extending Maple's power in the areas of integration, exact
solutions of equations, and manipulation of symbolic
expressions. These changes make Maple V faster, more
efficient, and robust, enabling users to solve even more
problems. The solution of differential equations has been
improved and includes two completely new algorithms for
solving linear differential equations in addition to
facilities for manipulation and working with incomplete
solutions. Also, Release 3's redesigned statistics package
includes many statistical distributions and functions for
sophisticated data manipulation, analysis, and statistical
plotting.
"Proper choice of branch cuts has been a problem that affects
all symbolic math systems. I'm pleased to see the new
improvements in Maple that will use only reductions and
simplifications that are 'provable'," said John Crow, member
of the Technical Staff at an aerospace firm in Southern
California. "I'm also impressed with the new capabilities for
differential equations. It will make obtaining and
manipulating solutions much more convenient."
Additional enhancements in areas such as graphics, help
facilities, and Maple's worksheet interface have been made in
Release 3. An improved interactive graphics package includes
control of number of contours, line styles, fonts used for
text, and symbols used for points, which allow for the
production of professional documents. Help facilities now
include keyword search capabilities making it easy to locate
information on specific topics. Entire worksheets can be
exported to LaTeX for publication quality presentations.
PLATFORM ENHANCEMENTS
Maple V Release 3 for Windows has a number of significant
enhancements, including a tool bar which is available on
worksheet and plot windows. A status bar at the bottom of all
windows shows information on menu items and buttons, while a
status bar at the bottom of worksheet windows displays memory
and CPU usage.
"The new tool bars make Release 3 much easier to navigate,"
said John Smirnios, a Maple beta tester. "I enjoy working
with the new help facility. It's much more convenient and
easier to use. Also, I found that Maple V Release 3 is
consistent with the native Windows applications."
The Macintosh and Motif versions of Release 3 add
improvements to the Help facilities, including keyword search
capabilities that allow users to quickly locate Help topics.
On all platforms, plots can be saved in the widely adopted
GIF file format.
AVAILABILITY
In North America, Maple V Release 3 is available for the
Macintosh, MS/PC-DOS 5.0+, Microsoft Windows 3.1,
Digital Alpha AXP (OSF/1) and DECStation (Ultrix),
IBM RS/6000, HP 9000/700, and SUN workstations running
SunOS 4.x, 5.0, or Solaris.
International availability will be on April 1, 1994.
Availability of Maple V Release 3 on additional platforms
will be announced in the near future.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Maple V is distributed internationally through direct sales,
distributors, dealers, hardware OEMs, and software publishing
partners. Site licenses and volume discounts are available
directly from Waterloo Maple Software.
Corporate Headquarters:
Waterloo Maple Software
450 Phillip Street
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 5J2
info@maplesoft.on.ca
Telephone: 519/747-2373
Telephone: 800/267-6583 (Sales)
Fax: 519/747-5284
Europe:
Waterloo Maple Software GmbH
Tiergartenstrasse 17
69121 Heidelberg 1, Germany
100275.163@compuserve.com
Telephone: +49 6221 487 180
Fax: +49 6221 487 184
Asia:
Waterloo Maple Software
541, Orchard Road
Liat Towers #10-04
Singapore 0923
Telephone: +65 735 6268
Fax: +65 482 2490
Western USA:
Prescience Corporation
939 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA USA 94103
info@prescience.com
Telephone: 415/543-2252
Telephone: 800/827-6284 (Sales)
Fax: 415/882-0530
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Maple and Maple V are registered trademarks of Waterloo Maple
Software.
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