suggested Maxima 'book': if you only had one...

If you're prepared to go a little sideways, you could investigate Sage (
sagemath.org), which includes Maxima within it, and for which there is
already at least one published beginners book: http://amzn.to/Nh0YUo as
well as others.  If this is not the road you wish to take, maybe you could
start writing a Maxima text yourself...?

Alasdair

On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Evan Cooch <evan.cooch at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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...
>
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