Using maxima for high school mathematics

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 08:39:37AM +0100, Leo Butler wrote:
> 
> < Ok, I get these errors when running the load command in maxima:
> < (%i1) batch (findeq.mac);
> 
> 
> Try
> 
> batch("findeq.mac");

Thanks, that solves the problem.
> < Once this is actually working how can I put my own data points in? 
>  
>  You can add something like:
> 
>  mydata : matric([1,2],[2,5], etc. );
> 
>  if you need to enter the data manually.

Thank you, that is very good. Is there any way to get a cubic or linear
fit? Or will I need to be happy with the quadratic fit? 

Thanks for your help,

Dan