> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 08:35, Ether Jones <maxima at etherjones.us> wrote:
>
>> .
>> Thanks. That's a whole lot easier than the way I was trying to do it:
>>
>> n: 10$
>> f(x):=x^2;
>> h[i,j] := i$
>> MX: genmatrix (h,n,1)$
>> k[i,j] := i^(j+1)$
>> MY: genmatrix (k,n,1)$
>> X: list_matrix_entries(MX);
>> Y: list_matrix_entries(MY);
>> plot2d([discrete,X,Y]);
>>
>> I still haven't figured out how to effectively search the Maxima help. If
>> you don't know the word you're searching for (in this case "makelist"),
>> sometimes it's hard to find what you need.
>> .
Try
?? list
This will give you a menu of items with `list' in their description.
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Unfortunately, the Maxima help system tends to be only useful for
helping users who need some details, and it tends to be pretty hard for
novices to decipher.
IMO, Ted Woollett's `Maxima by Example' series is the best documentation
for novices and not-so novices to Maxima.
http://www.csulb.edu/~woollett/
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There are other references here:
http://maxima.sourceforge.net/documentation.html
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