Maxima works by manipulating symbolic & numerical expressions, such differentiation, integration, Taylor series, Laplace transforms, ordinary differential equations, linear equations, polynomials, as well as sets, lists, vectors, matrices, and tensors.

Maxima can yield high precision numeric results by using exact fractions, integers of arbitrary precision, as well as variable precision floating point numbers. With maxima you can plot functions and data in both two and three dimensions which makes it perfect for plotting graphs.

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Webmaster of www.study-habits.com & author of The Study Guide PRO, Abderisak Adam shares study tips, techniques and guides to the student community. As a student of civil engineering at Chalmers University of Technology he focuses on matters relating to engineering, mathematics and physics.

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