What is Maple?
This guide summarizes the most important information about Maple at RWTH, including its features, licensing, and support resources.
General Information
Maple is a system for symbolic and numerical mathematical calculations. Examples of its capabilities include:
- Factorization of polynomials
- Solutions of systems of equations
- Limits, derivatives
- Symbolic/numeric solutions of definite and indefinite integrals
- Symbolic/numeric solutions of various (also partial) differential equations
- Series expansions
- Numerical calculations of any precision
- 2D and 3D graphics / animation
- Fortran / C / LaTeX output
- HTML/MathML/RTF export
In addition, there are numerous additional modules for special applications (e.g., Linear Algebra, Geometry, Statistics...), which can be loaded as needed.
License Information
The software may be used by employees and students of RWTH Aachen University.
Both network and single-user licenses are available for university institutions. For students and for private use, only single-user licenses are permitted. Therefore, use on the RWTH high-performance computing cluster is not allowed for this target group.
The license server supports the three most recent versions. As soon as a new version is released, the oldest supported version is removed.
Support & Learning Resources
Support
Users receive unlimited user support from the manufacturer. You can get the necessary information from the IT Service Desk.
Learning Resources
You can get additional information about the product directly from the manufacturer:
- MaplePrimes User Forum: https://www.mapleprimes.com/
- Maple Documentation: https://www.maplesoft.com/documentation_center/index.aspx
- Maple Academic Information: https://www.maplesoft.com/products/maple/academic/
