Lab 1
MCS222:
Multivariable Calculus
The purpose of this lab is to introduce you to Maple, a
mathematics
program which allows you to do computation and graphing. You will not
need to hand anything in, and you are welcome to consult with your
neighbor as you are working.
For this lab, please carry out the following:
- Open Maple by going to the start menu (the little multi-colored
star icon at the
bottom left of your screen) and select Maple from the MCS menu.
- After opening Maple, you will have an "Untitled" window where
you can do computations. Instead of doing that, though, please select
the "New User's Tour->Full Tour" under the "Help" menu in the upper
right of the
Maple window.
- Work through as many of the tour sections as you feel you need to
get comfortable with using the program. I would recommend that you
review at least the following three
topics:
- Working through the New User's Tour
- 2-D Graphics
- 3-D Graphics
- Note that you can actually move around
3-dimensional graphs. This allows you to see the graphs from many
angles and significantly helps in visualization.
- Having done this, try graphing some of the functions we looked
at or that were discussed in the book. In particular, you might try
graphing the following functions:
- z = x^2 + y^2
- z = x * y
- z = exp(-(x^2 + y^2)) * sin(x+y)