Maple T.A.

Quick Reference
Basic Operations

Constants & Symbols

Operation

Command

Constant/Symbol

Command

Pi

addition

ab

a+b

subtraction

a b

a-b

multiplication

a b

a*b

exp(1)

division

a/b

exponentiation

ab

a^b

infinity

Functions
Function

Command

sin( x ), cos( x ), tan( x ),

csc( x ), sec( x ), cot( x )

sin(x), cos(x), tan(x),

csc(x), sec(x), cot(x)

inversetrig

arcsin( x), arccos( x ), arctan( x )

arcsin(x), arccos(x), arctan(x)

exponential

ex

exp(x)

logarithmic

ln( x) , log a ( x)

ln(x), ln(x)/ln(a)

trigonometric

squareroot
nthroot

sqrt(x)

surd(x,n)

sinh( x ), cosh( x ),

tanh( x ), sech( x )

sinh(x), cosh(x),
tanh(x), sech(x)

absolutevalue

abs(x)

factorial

x!

factorial(x)

hyperbolic

Vectors & Matrices

Function
horizontalvector

verticalvector

matrix

Command

b c

a

b
c

a b c

d e f
g h i

<a|b|c>

<a,b,c>

< <a|b|c> , <d|e|f> , <g|h|i> >

OR
< <a,d,g> | <b,e,h> | <c,f,i> >

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