This
tutorial was designed by Ross L. Spencer from Brigham Young University
to introduce Maple to Physics students
This
course introduces the advantages of using Maple while studying physics.
Several fields of mathematics are covered in this laboratory in areas
such as Calculus, Linear Algebra, Complex Numbers and many more. Each
chapter is designed as a 3-hour laboratory period to walk you through
each topic at your own speed. To allow students the ability to solve physics
problems using Maple, this course offers a Laboratory Assignments worksheet
with problems covering each chapter presented. In addition to the topics
presented is a debugging worksheet that provides a description of common
problems that users face when learning Maple for the first time.
Chapter
2 shows the various plotting features and options available
to create plots in Maple. Plotting gives the ability to
visualize mathematical ideas that are important in physics.
"Without the Maple software, we would have to spend weeks generating the equations of motion for every experiment. Then the chances that we did it right would basically be near zero. There would always be a mistake somewhere. It is very difficult to set up a dynamic motion model by hand." - Jean-Claude PiedBeouf, Ph.D Manager of Robotics, Canadian Space Agency
"Its very good - highly accurate and easy to use. The speed of Maple allows me to change equations and quickly reintegrate them into the application, so more possibilities can be explored to achieve the precise effect desired." Shawn Neely, Senior R & D Director for PDI/Dreamworks
(NAG)
