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1.1     ! root        1: .TH MAPLE 1  "02 June 1987"  "University of Waterloo"
        !             2: .ds ]W "Symbolic Comp. Group
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: maple \- interactive symbolic algebraic program
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B maple
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B \-b
        !             9: libname
        !            10: ] [
        !            11: .B \-q
        !            12: ] [
        !            13: .B \-s
        !            14: ]
        !            15: \" If a constant width font is used, set cW to 1.
        !            16: \" Other set cW to 0 and use .cs to set constant spacing for examples
        !            17: .ie \w'M'>\w'.' .nr cW 0
        !            18: .el             .nr cW 1
        !            19: \"
        !            20: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            21: Initiate a session with the
        !            22: .I maple
        !            23: symbolic algebraic program.
        !            24: Expressions are read from standard input and the results are produced
        !            25: in the standard output file as soon as each input expression has been
        !            26: read.
        !            27: Maple has the ability to algebraically manipulate unbounded integers,
        !            28: exact rational numbers, real numbers with arbitrary precision, symbolic
        !            29: formulae, polynomials, sets, lists, and equations.
        !            30: It can solve systems of equations, differentiate formulae, and integrate
        !            31: formulae.
        !            32: In the following example from a Maple session, Maple's output
        !            33: is shown to the right of the input expressions.
        !            34: .sp
        !            35: .ps 9
        !            36: .vs 10
        !            37: .nf
        !            38: .if !\n(cW .cs R 18
        !            39: .in +2
        !            40: p:=x^2\-x\-2;
        !            41:                                       2
        !            42:                                 p := x  \- x \- 2
        !            43: 
        !            44: q:=(x+1)^2;
        !            45:                                              2
        !            46:                                  q := (x + 1)
        !            47: 
        !            48: s:=p/q;
        !            49:                                       2
        !            50:                                      x  \- x \- 2
        !            51:                                s := \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
        !            52:                                              2
        !            53:                                       (x + 1)
        !            54: 
        !            55: diff(s,x); # differentiate with respect to x
        !            56: 
        !            57:                                            2
        !            58:                             2 x \- 1       x  \- x \- 2
        !            59:                           \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \- 2 \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
        !            60:                                   2               3
        !            61:                            (x + 1)         (x + 1)
        !            62: 
        !            63: normal(s);
        !            64:                                      x \- 2
        !            65:                                     \-\-\-\-\-\-\-
        !            66:                                      x + 1
        !            67: 
        !            68: Digits := 47;
        !            69:                                   Digits := 47
        !            70: 
        !            71: x := 3^50;
        !            72:                          x := 717897987691852588770249
        !            73: 
        !            74: s;
        !            75:                             717897987691852588770247
        !            76:                            \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
        !            77:                             717897987691852588770250
        !            78: 
        !            79: evalf(s);
        !            80:                 .99999999999999999999999582113329270438496099068
        !            81: 
        !            82: quit;
        !            83: 
        !            84: .in -2
        !            85: .if !\n(cW .cs R
        !            86: .fi
        !            87: .ps 10
        !            88: .vs 12
        !            89: 
        !            90: If there is a system-wide maple initialization file with the name
        !            91: .I init
        !            92: under the src subdirectory of the Maple library, then this file
        !            93: is read before the session starts.
        !            94: In addition, if there is a maple initialization file named
        !            95: .I .mapleinit
        !            96: in the user's home directory, this file is read next.
        !            97: If the \fI\-s\fR (suppress initialization)
        !            98: option is specified, Maple will forego reading
        !            99: any initialization file when initiating a session.
        !           100: 
        !           101: 
        !           102: If the
        !           103: .I \-b
        !           104: (library) option is used,
        !           105: then
        !           106: .I pathname
        !           107: should be the pathname of a directory which contains the Maple library.
        !           108: This is used to initialize the value of the Maple  variable `libname'.
        !           109: By default, `libname' is initialized with the pathname /u/maple/lib.
        !           110: Some sites may install a maple shell script which uses the \fI\-b\fR
        !           111: option to redefine the library pathname to be whatever is appropriate
        !           112: for those sites, e.g.,
        !           113: .nf
        !           114:         maple \-b /usr/public/waterloo/maple/lib  $*
        !           115: .fi
        !           116: 
        !           117: The \fI\-q\fR (quiet) option will suppress the printing of Maple's
        !           118: startup logo, various informational messages (words used messages
        !           119: and garbage collection messages), and the signoff message.
        !           120: Maple is better suited for use as a filter when these messages are
        !           121: suppressed.
        !           122: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           123: .I "Maple: A Sample Interactive Session"
        !           124: issued by the Symbolic Computation Group as
        !           125: Research Report CS-85-01 available from the Department of Computer
        !           126: Science, University of Waterloo,
        !           127: .br
        !           128: .I "Maple User's Guide"
        !           129: by B.W. Char et al, Watcom Publications Limited, Waterloo, Ontario (1985).
        !           130: .br
        !           131: .IR mint (1)
        !           132: .SH FILES
        !           133: \&.mapleinit
        !           134: .br
        !           135: /usr/maple/lib \- Maple library (Pathname subject to change at
        !           136: each installation.)
        !           137: .SH AUTHOR
        !           138: Symbolic Computation Group, University of Waterloo
        !           139: .SH "FOR HELP"
        !           140: At Waterloo, there is the newsgroup uw.maple which contains broadcasts
        !           141: and discussions which would be of interest to general Maple users.
        !           142: You should subscribe to this newsgroup if you intend to use Maple in
        !           143: more than just a casual manner.
        !           144: Users are encouraged to post their questions regarding Maple to this
        !           145: newsgroup if they feel that their enquiries are of a general nature.
        !           146: Replies will be posted to the newsgroup for all to see.
        !           147: If you have a question that you think is of a very specific nature and
        !           148: not of interest to others, you may send a mail message to
        !           149: maple_help@watmum.

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