[PLUG] Maple 8 on Linux ?

[joncoulsey at attbi.com]

I'm in calc 1 (251) at PSU this term and have been using Gnuplot for some of the
homework assignments. I also have the TI-89, which has the same software as the
TI-92, but can be had for $40-$60 than the TI-92. Some of the students have
Maple, but I think the student edition is still $120. Gnuplot and the TI-89 do
it for me, but that may change in some of the higher level stuff. 

jon


> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Maple 8 on Linux ?
> From: "Karl M. Hegbloom" <karlheg at pdxlinux.org>
> To: PLUG <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> Organization: Portland Linux/Unix Group
> Date: 21 Nov 2002 00:54:54 -0800
> Reply-To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
> 
> On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 20:39, AthlonRob wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 20:01, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 19:55, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
> > > > I don't have Maple.  Any interest in Mathematica ldd output?
> > > 
> > > No, since I don't think I'll buy Mathematica.  I think that Maple 8 is
> > > what will be used for the Calculus courses I'll be taking at PSU.
> > 
> > What calc courses are you taking?  Just your basic 1-4 won't require
> > much Maple - most of what they did was done in-class at their math
> > computer labs.  Definitely not worth buying the software... if you buy
> > anything, get yourself a nice TI-92 calculator.  :-)
> > 
> > I suppose Maple might be useful if you got in to some of the
> > higher-level stuff, though.  But I don't know where you're at.
> 
> Perhaps I should just get by with TeXmacs, Maxima, Gnuplot, and the
> emacs calculator for the time being.  I saw a study guide on the shelf
> at the bookstore that says "... with Waterloo Maple" on the cover
> though, so I assumed that perhaps I'd like to have a copy eventually.
>