Maxima, a Computer Algebra System

Documentation

Maxima Reference Manual

• English ( PDF version)
• Spanish ( PDF version)
• Portuguese
• Brazilian Portuguese

Xmaxima Reference Manual

Tutorials in English

• Maxima by Example by Edwin L. Woollett
• A 10 minute tutorial for solving Math problems with Maxima by Antonio Cangiano
• Introduction to Maxima by Richard Rand ( PDF version)
• Symbolic Mathematics Using Maxima by Paul Lutus
• Maxima Beginner's FAQ by Alexey Beshenov
• The Computer Algebra Program Maxima by Boris Gaertner ( zipped version)
• Micro introduction into Maxima at Harvard U
•  Minimal Maxima by Robert Dodier
• Maxima user interface tips—a collection of tips for customizing and interacting with the Maxima user interface.
• Maxima-Gnuplot interface—examples plotting capabilities in Maxima.

Tutorials in Spanish

• Manualico para Maxima by José Manuel Mira Ros
• Cálculo y grafismo matemáticos en LaTeX usando Maxima by José Manuel Mira Ros
•  Primeros pasos en Maxima (Version: March 2008) by Mario Rodríguez Riotorto
•  Maxima con wxMaxima: software libre en el aula de matemáticas by Rafa Rodríguez Galván
• Ejemplos de Maxima at the Universidad Libre wiki
•  El sistema de computación simbólica, Máxima by Robert Dodier
•  Resolver problemas con Máxima by Robert Dodier
•  Programación de Máxima by Robert Dodier

Tutorials in Portuguese

• O Programa de álgebra Computacional Maxima by Boris Gaertner, translated by Jorge Barros de Abreu ( zipped version)
•  Maxima Mínimo by Robert Dodier, translated by Jorge Barros de Abreu
•  Introdução aos sistemas dinâmicos: uma abordagem prática com Maxima by Jaime E. Villate, Univ. of Porto (version 1.2, 27-02-2007).

Tutorials in German

• Mathematik mit Computerunterstützung: CAS Maxima by Johann Weilharter
• Maxima 5.12.0 unter der Oberfläche wxMaxima 0.7.2. Workshop — Computeralgebrasystem by Magister Walter Wegscheider
•  Casting SPELs, Teil I, and  Casting SPELs, Teil II by Conrad Barski and Volker van Nek
• Einführung in Maxima by Robert Glöckner ( PDF version)
•  Skript zum Kurs: Einführung in das symbolische Rechnen by H.-G. Gräbe
  (Describes computer algebra systems in general, including Maxima and other programs)
• Maxima ein OpenSource Computer-Algebra-System (CAS) by Sven Hodapp
  (Some introductory remarks and information about how to run Maxima on MacOS X.)

Tutorials in Italian

•  Maxima: istruzioni per l'uso by Enrico Centenaro
•  Presentazione del software matematico MAXIMA by Cristian Consonni ( OpenOffice SXI version)
•  Introduzione a Maxima by Raffaele Vitolo

Tutorials in Chinese

•  Introduction to Maxima
•  An application of Maxima

Documents in French

• MAXIMA est un logiciel libre effectuant des calculs symboliques ... (many worked examples, and a script named pMaxima which processes scripts containing text and Maxima commands into LaTeX documents. Web site maintained by Jean-Michel Sarlat)
• Maxima documents (mostly somewhat out of date)
• Maxima (web site maintained by Michel Gosse)

Documents in Greek

 Maxima: οδηγιες χρησης by Alexios Tamparopoulos

Documents in Slovak

 Maxima, open source systém počítačové algebry by Ján Buša

Publications

(Books and articles which mention Maxima or Macsyma.)

• BibTeX format bibliography of papers on MACSYMA/VAXIMA before 1994.
• Dynamical systems by J. E. Villate, in Portuguese and some parts translated to Spanish and English. A very interesting free book that uses Maxima to teach a course on ”Dynamical systems”. A wonderful book with fine tuned Maxima code.
• A. Ben-Israel, R. Gilbert: Computer-Supported Calculus. Springer: Wien 2002. ISBN 3-211-82924-5.
• Robert S. Maier ”The 192 Solutions of the Heun Equation”. Mathematics of Computation, vol. 76 (2007), pp. 811-843.
• Robert S. Maier ”On Rationally Parametrized Modular Equations”.
• Joel Moses ”Macsyma: A Personal History”. Invited Presentation in Milestones in Computer Algebra, May 2008, Tobago.

Other documents

Some Baseless Opinions About Maxima by Robert Dodier

A presentation from Sage Developer Days 1.

 http://maxima.sourceforge.net/misc/maxima-opinions.pdf.

The Maxima Book

This is a very incomplete and in some places out of date user oriented manual. It is a work in progress, but is provided here in the hope it might be useful.

Update: This new version isn't all that different, but it has been updated a bit with regards to plotting and a couple other minor changes. Emaxima and install docs have not been updated yet. Mathematical content is essentially unchanged. Pictures should be of slightly better quality.

 The Maxima Book 19-Sept-2004

Maxima Book by Gilberto E. Urroz

http://www.neng.usu.edu/cee/faculty/gurro/Maxima.html

Computer Based Tools for Engineers by Javed Alam

The different sessions provide the necessary theory and the solution using Maxima for problems encountered in Engineering computing.

http://www.eng.ysu.edu/~jalam/engr6924s07/