Maxima Reference Card (1)

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numerator of a fraction num(<expr>)
end of a command ;
denominator of a fraction denom(<expr>)
end without output $
real part of a complex number realpart(<expr>)
exit Maxima quit()
imaginary part of a complex number imagpart(<expr>)
describe command ? <string> Qup
Pk=low f (k) product(f,k,low,up)
get an example example(<command>) up
previous computation % k=low f (k) sum(f,k,low,up)
sums a function over a list lsum(<expr>,<index>,<list>)
i-th previous computation %th(i)
Working with expressions
don’t evaluate ’<expr>
sorting a list sort(<list>), sort(<list>,<pred>)
Operators
substitute x for y in z subst(x,y,z)
basic operations +, -, *, /, ^
combining all terms of an expression over
factorial !
a common denominator xthru(<expr>)
assignment :
sublist of a list, for which a boolean
function definition :=
function returns true sublist(<list>,<boolfun>)
equality =
expanding expressions expand(<expr>)
not equal #
Constants
inequality <, >, >=, <=
π %pi
matrix multiplication .
euler’s number %e
logical operators and, or, not
imaginary unit %i
Basic functions
boolean constants true, false
absolute value abs(<expr>)
Plotting
bxc fix(<num>)
plotting an expression as a function
checks, if even / odd evenp(<expr>), oddp(<expr>)
of one variable plot2d(<expr>,[<var>,<min>,<max>])
checks, if a predicate holds is(<pred>) (e.g. is(x<y))
plotting an expression as a function
square root sqrt(<expr>)
of two variables (specify range as above) plot3d(<expr>,range1,range2)
integer square root isqrt(<expr>)
Input and Output
maximum, minimum max(<expr1>,<expr2>,...), min(..)
loading a file load("<fullpath>")
division remainder mod(<dd>,<ds>)
printing an expression print(<expr>)
random integer r ∈ {0, . . . , n − 1} random(n)
saving expressions to a file save("<fullpath>",expr1,...)
signum sign(<expr>), signum(<expr>)
loading a file (saved by maxima) loadfile("<fullpath>")
exponential function exp(<expr>)
TEX output tex(<expr>), tex(<expr>,<file>)
greatest common divider gcd(<expr1>,<expr2>)
executing a system command system("<command>")
factors an expression factor(<expr>)

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Floating point operations
converting into float/ bigfloat float(<expr>), bfloat(<expr>) computes the determinant determinant(<matrix>)
set floating point precision fpprec:<value> computes the eigenvalues eigenvalues(<matrix>)
set digits to print fpprintprec:<value> computes eigenvectors eigenvectors<matrix>)
rounding a float to an integer ?round(<expr>) creates an n × n identity matrix ident(n)
truncating a floats decimal places ?truncate(<expr>) finds an inverse matrix invert(<matrix>)
Polynomials maps a func. onto each matrix-elem. matrixmap(<fun>,<matrix>)
gives quotient and remainder divide(<poly1>,<poly2>) computes the rank of a matrix rank(<matrix>)
converts into horner’s scheme horner(<poly>,<var>) transposes a matrix transpose(<matrix>)
Logarithms and Trigonometry computes an upper triangular form triangularize(<matrix>)
natural logarithm log(<expr>) Series
principal branch of complex logarithm plog(<expr>) expands into a powerseries powerseries(<expr>,<var>,<point>)
sinus, arcus sinus sin(<expr>), asin(<expr) expands into a truncated taylor series taylor(<fun>,<var>,<point>,<pot>)
cosinus, arcus cosinus cos(<expr>), acos(<expr) Number theory
tangent, arcus tangent tan(<expr>), atan(<expr>) binomial coefficient binomial(<expr>,<expr>)
Differential and Integral calculus converts into a continued fraction cf(<expr>)
infinity, negative infinity inf, minf nth Fibonacci number fib(n)
limx→k f (x) limit(f,x,k) checks, if an expression is prime primep(<expr>)
limx&k f (x), limx%k limit(f,x,k,PLUS), ..(..,MINUS) Euler’s ϕ-function totient(<expr>)
differentiate an expression diff(<expr>,<var>,<ntimes>) Lists
antiderivative
R up of an expression integrate(<expr>,<var>) creates a list [<expr1>,..]
x=low
f (x) dx integrate(f(x),x,<low>,<up>) creates a copy of a list copylist(<list>)
Equations gets the ith element <list>[i]
find all roots of a real polynomial allroot(<poly>) concatenates two lists append(<list1>,<list2>)
solve a system of equations solve([<eq1>,..],[<var1>,...]) Programming
solve an ordinary differential equation ode2(<equ>,<y-var>,<x-var>) program block block(<epxr1>,..)
finds the zero of f (x) in [a, b] interpolate(f,x,a,b) for-loop for <decl> thru <num> step <num> do <block>
Matrices and Linear Algebra while-loop for <decl> while <cond> do <block>
creates a matrix (where row is a list) matrix(<row1>,<row2>,..) if-then-else construct if <cond> then <block> else <block>
enter a m × n matrix value by value entermatrix(m,n) returns a value return(<value>)
computes the adjoint of a matrix adjoint(<matrix>) function definition with block f(x):=block(<expr1>,..,return(<value>))
gets column / row of a matrix col(<matr>,<num>), row(<m>,<n>) Miscellaneous
gets element (i,j) from a matrix <matrix>[i,j] random number from normal distrib.
creates a copy of a matrix copymatrix(<matrix>) with mean and standard deviation gauss(<mean>,<dev>)
computes the charact. polynomial charpoly(<matrix>,<var>)