Maple/Using Maple in Calculus, PDEs, and ODEs

Symbolic Integration with Maple
Tired of looking up tables of integrals? In case you don't have access to Maple, here's a cheatsheet that is extremely useful for your reference: Tables of Integrals, Trig Identities, Advanced Mathematics, and much more

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To make sure that the typed integral is right, before asking Maple to actually evaluate it, use the inert command Int: >Int((cos(omega*t + phi))^2,t=0..2*Pi/omega); $$\int_0^{2\pi/\omega} {\cos(\omega t + \phi)}^2 dt$$ To evaluate the integral use the command value. >value(%); $$\frac{\pi}{\omega}$$

Symbolic Differentiation with Maple
The inert differentiation operator is Diff: >Diff(ln(x),x); $$\frac{d}{dx}\ln(x)$$ >value(%); $$\frac{1}{x}$$

Solving partial fraction decompositions with Maple
A borrowed trick from Matlab (using the fundamental theorem of calculus):

To integrate it, it will probably have to do a partial fraction expansion, so we let it do the expansion when it integrates, then differentiate to get our rational expression converted/decomposed into partial fractions: >diff(int((5*x+1) / (x^2-1),x),x); $$\frac{3}{x-1} + \frac{2}{1+x}$$

Maple has partial fraction expansion built in, though, if you want to do it directly. The command is >convert( (5*x+1) / (x^2-1), parfrac, x); $$\frac{3}{x-1} + \frac{2}{1+x}$$

Resource Listing
List of mathematical internet resources