Hola,
I have written a new version of the tutorial "Primeros pasos en Maxima"
(First steps in Maxima). It can be downloaded from
http://www.telefonica.net/web2/biomates/maxima/max.pdf
Latex source and graphics are in
http://maxima.cvs.sourceforge.net/maxima/maxima/doc/tutorial/es/
Even if you don't read Spanish, I think examples (tested with Maxima
5.14) can be of some help for beginners.
Here is the English translation of the contents:
1. Introduction
2. Starting with Maxima
2.1. Installation
2.2. A first session
3. Numbers, data structures and operations
3.1. Arithmetic operations
3.2. Complex numbers
3.3. Lists
3.4. Arrays
3.5. Strings
3.6. Sets
3.7. Graphs
4. Algebra
4.1. Symbolic transformations
4.2. Equations
4.3. Matrices
4.4. Rules and patterns
5. Calculus
5.1. Mathematical functions
5.2. L?mits
5.3. Derivatives
5.4. Integrals
5.5. Differential equations
5.6. Vectors and vector fields
6. Data analysis
6.1. Probability
6.2. Descriptive statistics
6.3. Inferential statistics
6.4. Interpolation
7. Graphics
7.1. The ?plot? module
7.2. The ?draw? module
8. Programming in Maxima
8.1. Programming at Maxima level
8.2. Programming at Lisp level
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Mario Rodriguez Riotorto
http://www.telefonica.net/web2/biomates