Extended Functionality (Maple V release 3):

1)  Maple V release 3

by Michael Monagan

2)  Tips for Maple Users

by Michael Monagan

3)  Simplification and the Assume Facility

by Robert Corless and Michael Monagan

This is a description of Maple's ``assume'' facility.  It includes examples of how ``assume'' is used to solve problems and how it is integrated into Maple.  It also discusses the limitations of this facility and proposes how Maple should evolve to a ``lastproviso'' model of computation.

4) Random Number Generation and Testing

by Zaven A. Karian and Rohit Goyal.

This is a functionality article in the area of random number generation which provides performance figures for the ``rand()'' function.

Maple in Research:

5) Gaia: A Package for the Random Generation of Combinatorial Structures

by Paul Zimmermann.

This is an expository article on a Maple implementation called "Gaia" which is a package that helps count and draw random combinatorial structures of various sorts.

6) Kinematic and Power-Flow Analysis if Epicyclic Gear Drives

by Nicola Pio Belfiore, Ettore Pennestri and Rsario Sinatra,

In the area of mechanical enginnering, this article presents a Maple-based approach to gear analysis which is relatively unique in mechanical design and could be of value to others in the field.  Its two unique contributions are in the areas of graph-theoretic analysis of mechanical networks, and symbolic approaches to mechanical analysis.

7) On Solving the McConnell Equations in Biochemistry

by Johannes Grotendorst, Paul Jansen, and Siegfried M. Schoberth,

This article presents an application in the area of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. It demonstrates various ways of how the McConnell equations can be solved analytically using Maple and verifies solutions found in the literature.  It also indicates computation techniques of mixed symbolic-numeric type for the determination of the formal parameters involved in the solutions.

8) Modeling Snow Transport, An application of Maple

by Christian Hoffmann

The gist of this article is aptly described by its very title.  This articles gives further demonstrates that Maple can be used for a versatile range of applications.

Maple in Education:

9) Maple in Education - Part II

by T.C. Scott, Michael B. Monagan, Richard Pavelle and Darren Redfern

This article presents some educational examples in Physics, Chemistry and Engineering prepared on worksheets using Maple .  We hope these examples will encourage Maple users to make similar types of worksheets and will show users the type of accessible applications we wish to include within the Maple Share Library.

This article is a sequel to "Maple in Education" as presented in issue no. 7, volume 0, of this newsletter and is co-authored with Michael Monagan, Richard Pavelle and Darren Redfern (see mtn[0_7]).

10) A Separable Differential Equation: New Insights

by Robert J. Lopez

This is a Maple worksheet which presents some simple applications of Maple to solving ordinary differential equations.

11) Thermodynamics with Maple V: II Phase Equilibria in Binary Systems

by Ross Taylor

This is a readable article in the area of thermodynamics which shows how Maple can be used to perform some simple phase equilibrium calculations, create phase diagrams and interpret data.  Its contents could be also be useful to workers using Graph Theory in other areas.