Newbie: problem solving basic equations



Daniel Lemire writes:
 > Also, is there a way to make sure the doc. is available even when I'm 
 > not connected to a network? Can't I see the doc. from maxima locally?

On Unix the manual should automatically be installed as an info file.

Otherwise there's a pdf file at http://www.ma.utexas.edu/maxima.html
that you can download.