Math 2250
Differential Equations and Linear Algebra
Spring term, 2001

Maple Projects
Maple Handouts

Send e-mail to : Professor Korevaar

Links:
Math 2250 home page
Professor Korevaar's home page
Department of Mathematics




Maple projects and class handouts (most recent first):

Downloads
   The University maintains a great page with links to downloadable software, including Adobe Acrobat Reader (near the bottom of their page), which is free and lets you view the .pdf files below on your home computer. On the Math machines, acrobat is activated automatically if you go to a .pdf file. They also have links to free telnet and ftp software so you can access Math and University servers from home. Have a look at this page, you might find something you need.
www.utah.edu/uwebresources/software.html

MAPLE PROJECT III: EARTHQUAKE!!! (Project will be finalized by Friday April 6th at 5:00 p.m.

   2250quake.txt Maple text version of the earthquake project, you can read this from you browser, or save it from your browser and open it as a "Maple text" document, from Maple.
   2250quake.mws This gibberish will look great if you download it from the internet and then open it from Maple, as a Maple worksheet.
   2250quake.pdf pdf format of project, worthless if you try to open from Maple, but good if you just want to see what the project is about or get a hard copy to print out. (pdf means Portable Document Format, invented by Adobe, which was co-founded by John Warnock, who is a University of Utah almunus: BA, Masters in Math, Ph.D. in Engineering.) You can download this version to get a printable copy which you can view with Adobe Acrobat Reader (see above for free download links, if you're on a home computer and need to get it).

MAPLE PROJECT II: Available Wednesday March 7

   tnarrows   Go to this link for the Tacoma Narrows bridge project. The project consists of a number of www pages, and ultimately a solutions template with which you will create your hand-in file.

   Solutions:
      2250proj2ans.pdf  pdf format of solutions
      2250proj2ans.mws  Maple worksheet version of above, including all plot outputs (big file)
      proj2ans.mws  Maple worksheet of just the Maple commands for the solution file (small file)


MAPLE PROJECT I: Available Tuesday January 16

  

DEplot warning: If you get the error message "non-numeric vertex definition" when trying to use DEplot it could be because not everything in your deqtn is a decimal number (e.g. an expression like sqrt(2) is bad, although Maple knows that sqrt(2.0) is O.K.) You should be able to make your error message go away by trying to DEplot evalf(deqtn) rather than deqtn. Thanks to the student who brought this problem to my attention.

   2250springtut.mws An introduction to the Math computer lab, a Maple tutorial, and a Maple-based exposition of the section 1.5 computer project, which is the basis for the first Maple Project. Since .mws files are Maple worksheets they look like gibberish in your browser, but if you download them and open them from Maple all should be clear.
   2250springtut.pdf pdf version of the .mws file above. You can print this file out or view it with Adobe Acrobat, but it would be worthless if you tried to open it from Maple.

   2250template1.mws Maple Worksheet template for answers to Project I. Download this and open it from Maple.
   2250template1.pdf Portable Document Format of solution template for Project I. Good for viewing or printing, with Acrobat reader.