Macsyma vs. Maxima, book



Hi - I tried to obtain this from Springer (at least I think they published
it), but it is out of print.  At about the same time, I tried some used book
websites but to no avail.

 Dave Holmgren

> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a way to learn Maxima on some "hands on" examples. There
is a
> book
>
> "Computer-Supported Calculus" by Adi Ben-Israel and Robert P.Gilbert.
>
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/3211829245/qid=1046976456/sr=8
-1/ref=sr_8_1/104-2193051-3133532?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
>
> I would like to ask for commnets on 2 questions:
> - Is it typically possible to take Macsyma code and run it in Maxima
> - If anyone did see this book, could you comment on how many examples
there
> are and wherther you find it usefull (I canot really find much detail
about
> the book and did not find it in a bookstore to check)
>
> Thanks, Milan
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