Subject: suggested Maxima 'book': if you only had one...
From: Evan Cooch
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:05:21 -0400
On 9/7/2012 10:53 PM, David Billinghurst wrote:
> On 8/09/2012 11:53 AM, Evan Cooch wrote:
>> After 15+ years working with Maple, occasional jaunts with
>> Mathematica and GAUSS, I'm slowly porting over a lot of CAS-based
>> stuff to Maxima. Mostly in a 'teaching' context (where 'free' is a
>> definite plus for budget-strapped students).
>>
>> I find that I spend a lot of time inefficiently writing out my best
>> guess at how to do something in Maxima - guess strongly conditioned
>> by 'how I would do it in Maple'), not having it work, searching the
>> web for 'examples', and then trying again. I've decided to forgo my
>> usual approach to learning software (trial and error), and am hoping
>> to 'learn by reading' as much as possible. As such, I'm looking for
>> suggestions for 'where to start reading'. Of course, I've already
>> stumbled across the 'Maxima book' on SourceForge, but am wondering if
>> there is something else (nay, better?) out there that I should also
>> consider? Not only for my purposes, but to recommend to students who
>> might want to delve deeper into using Maxima for purposes beyond my
>> class.
>>
>> Thanks very much in advance...
>>
>
> There are a number of resources at
> http://maxima.sourceforge.net/documentation.html. Maxima by Example,
> by Ted Woollett is worth a look.
>
Yes, Id' seen that link - thanks. Was hoping for a 'filter' on the stuff
thats out there (i.e., what people would start with, or..the 'best of
the bunch').
Cheers...