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Question: Some questions from a new user

Question:Some questions from a new user

Yours truly 60 Maple
assign integral document
November 12 2007
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I'm new to Maple. I'm quite competent with Matlab, with competent meaning I have some experience using it for analysis of physical data. I'm very experienced in using my TI-89 Titanium I have decided to give Maple a try since I'm not satisfied with the way Matlab handles symbolic expressions. I also want to tryif there's anything better than Matlab. I'm majoring in physics, and I hope to get my bachelor degree in a year. So far I have been writing all my assignments that needed a computer in Microsoft Word, but that is far from satisfactory. I have been considering learning myself LaTeX, but I have been thinking if it's just as good to use Maple to write articles and documents. Can I write an article as fast in Maple as I can in LaTeX? Speed is key for me naturally. Can I write LaTeX directly in Maple? Is there a way to write code for an expression as in LaTeX? Say if I want the math symbol "for all" (you know the inversed A) can I just write \forall or something similar? Do i really have to write forall and then press Ctrl+Space to get the correct symbol? When I want Maple to evaluate an integral I write int(f(x),x) with f(x) being some expression. If I want Maple to view my expression before calculating it how would I do that? I want Maple to write it as an integral symbol so I can check if it's correct? I can't seem to get Ctrl+= to work to evaluate an expression on the same line. Can I reassign these keys? (I guess it has something to do with me having a danish keyboard) I downloaded some applications from the application center: "Calculus III: Complete Set of Lessons" being one of them. It's a silly question I know, but I can't seem to figure how to launch it? I could open each chapter individually, but how do I open it as a single document and navigate through the different chapters? Thank you for your time, Yours truly :)
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