1. Course page: http://www.cse.yorku.ca/course/1560
CSE/Math 1560: Introduction to Computing for Mathematics and Statistics Winter 2011
Suprakash Datta
Office: CSEB 3043
Phone: ext 77875
Course page:
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2. Administrivia Lectures: Mon-Wed 2:30 – 3:30 pm (VH B)
Office hours: Mon-Wed, 3:30-5:00 pm, or by appointment.
TA’s: TBA.
Webpage: All announcements, handouts will be published on the webpage -- check often for updates)
Textbook: Maple Introductory Programming Guide, download link on class web page.
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3. Administrivia – contd. Grading:
Midterm: 15%
Final: 25%
Lab/assignments: 60%
Grades: will be on online (will be linked from class homepage).
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4. Administrivia – contd. Missed labs:
If you have a valid medical reason and proper documentation, the credit will be moved to other labs
If you have some other emergency, the credit will be moved at the instructor’s discretion, or the assignment will be assigned zero.
Same policy for midterm, but credit will be shifted to final examination.
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5. Course objectives Familiarity with the Maple environment.
Ability to "code" solutions to simple problems in Maple.
Introduction to computer programming, including encapsulation of functionality into procedures and functions.
Elements of efficient programming principles, simple algorithm design, debugging programs.
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6. What I expect from you Coming to class on time
Your cellular phone(s) should be switched off or in silent mode.
Active interest in the course and subject material
Being prepared for the labs and assignments
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7. Labs
There will be 3-hour labs, every week. Due to the class size, there are 3 sections,
Tues, Thurs, Fri 2:30-5:30 pm, all at the Gauss lab, Ross S 100.
Getting access to the Lab:
The Gauss Lab has a website (link on class web page), containing information about card access.
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8. Labs: contd. Laboratory assignments are crucial to this course
Assignments will be completed and submitted in the lab. Math moodle site ( has one entry for each lab session. You will login to the session you enrolled in.
Assignments are individual. You cannot solicit or obtain help from friends, the Internet, or other electronic resources.
Academic dishonesty will be dealt with very seriously
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9. Important!! You should do these ASAP: 1. activate AML account through
Instructions from the Math software support group
You should do these ASAP:
1. activate AML account through
Passport York (
2. pickup prox-card from William Small center
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10. What is Maple? A very powerful calculator!
Symbolic computation (CAS,…)
Interactive programming and debugging
High-quality plots
Useful for many branches of Mathematics
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11. Resources Software Books, Tutorials Online help Contributed code
My notes
My slides
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12. Computer programming
Computer programs are sequences of commands that implement a solution conceived for a problem.
Popular languages: Java, C/C++, Visual Basic.
Different languages provide different command sets/ (and expressiveness)
translate into binary strings that can be executed by the hardware.
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13. Maple vs other languages
Different workflow
Interactive development
Different manner of execution of code
Extent of built-in functions
Objective/audience
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14. Maple versions and UI’s
Different versions
Different user interfaces in different platforms
Separating the looks from the functionality
Latest version
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15. Samples of Maple at work
indigo 196 % maple
|\^/| Maple 9 (IBM INTEL LINUX)
. _|\| |/|_. Copyright (c) Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. 2003
\ MAPLE / All rights reserved. Maple is a trademark of
<____ ____> Waterloo Maple Inc.
| Type ? for help.
>
> quit
bytes used=149896, alloc=196572, time=0.01
indigo 197 %
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16. Samples of Maple at work - 2
> 1+2; 3
> 265!;
\ \ \ \ \ \
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17. Samples of Maple at work - 3
> sqrt(100)
> sqrt(100);
syntax error, missing operator or `;`:
sqrt(100); ^
> sqtr(100);
sqtr(100)
> ; 10
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18. Samples of Maple at work - 410
> b:=a;
b := 10
> b:=sqrt(b);
1/2
B := 10
> evalf(b);
> Pi; Pi
> evalf(Pi);
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19. Samples of Maple at work - 5
eclipse 190 % xmaple &
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20. Samples of Maple at work - 6
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21. Samples of Maple at work - 7
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22. Using Maple Starting and exiting Getting help Interrupting Maple
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