Maple is a system for symbolic and numeric mathematical computations. Examples for this are:

• Factorization of polynomials
• Solving systems of equation
• Limits, derivatives
• Symbolic/numeric solutions of definite and indefinite integrals
• Symbolic/numeric solutions of various (also partial) differential equations
• Series expansions
• Numeric calculations with any accuracy
• 2D- and 3D-graphics / animations
• Fortran / C / LaTeX - Output
• HTML/MathML/RTF-Export

Furthermore, there are several additional modules for special applications (e.g. linear algebra, geomerty, statistics...) that can be added if need be.