Comments on: Review of the new Symbolic Toolbox in MATLAB 2008b http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178 Because it's more fun than getting there in a straight line. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:21:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mike Croucher http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178&cpage=1#comment-8399 Mike Croucher Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:05:49 +0000 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178#comment-8399 Hi Christina Thanks for your kind words and for the extra information. Unfortunately, I do not have my own copy of Maple so I can't evaluate the Maple toolbox but I know that some people at my University do and so this info might be useful to them. Best Wishes, Mike Hi Christina

Thanks for your kind words and for the extra information. Unfortunately, I do not have my own copy of Maple so I can’t evaluate the Maple toolbox but I know that some people at my University do and so this info might be useful to them.

Best Wishes,
Mike

]]> By: Christina http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178&cpage=1#comment-8381 Christina Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:27:38 +0000 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178#comment-8381 Thank you for taking the time to provide this review! It was very informative. There were some questions that you had regarding compatibility with Maple, and whether or not the Maple Toolbox for Matlab was backwards compatible. I hope you don't mind, but I wanted to take the opportunity to help answer those questions for you. With respect to compatible versions, Maple had to be updated to accommodate the changes made in Matlab in 2008b so the most recent version (Maple 12.01) is the only version of Maple that is compatible with this most recent version of Matlab and the new Symbolic Math Toolbox. There are more details available here: http://www.maplesoft.com/mtm/index.aspx As for backwards compatibility, the Maple Toolbox for Matlab is the only way to ensure full compatibility with all of your solutions created with older versions of the Symbolic Math Toolbox. If you have access to Maple and Matlab, you can request your own copy of the Maple Toolbox for Matlab from Maplesoft - it is offered free of charge for the rest of 2008. If you do find an instance where an incompatibility exists, I would appreciate it if you could notify our Technical Support Team: support@maplesoft.com Thanks again for the review. I always enjoy reading your blogs! Cheers, Christina Spirou Product Director, Maplesoft R&D Thank you for taking the time to provide this review! It was very informative.
There were some questions that you had regarding compatibility with Maple, and whether or not the Maple Toolbox for Matlab was backwards compatible. I hope you don’t mind, but I wanted to take the opportunity to help answer those questions for you.

With respect to compatible versions, Maple had to be updated to accommodate the changes made in Matlab in 2008b so the most recent version (Maple 12.01) is the only version of Maple that is compatible with this most recent version of Matlab and the new Symbolic Math Toolbox. There are more details available here: http://www.maplesoft.com/mtm/index.aspx
As for backwards compatibility, the Maple Toolbox for Matlab is the only way to ensure full compatibility with all of your solutions created with older versions of the Symbolic Math Toolbox. If you have access to Maple and Matlab, you can request your own copy of the Maple Toolbox for Matlab from Maplesoft – it is offered free of charge for the rest of 2008.
If you do find an instance where an incompatibility exists, I would appreciate it if you could notify our Technical Support Team: support@maplesoft.com

Thanks again for the review. I always enjoy reading your blogs!

Cheers,
Christina Spirou
Product Director, Maplesoft R&D

]]> By: Mark Anderstein http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178&cpage=1#comment-8109 Mark Anderstein Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:50:33 +0000 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178#comment-8109 I use both Maple and Matlab - apparently you can get the toolbox to join Maple and MATLAB free from the Maple site: http://www.maplesoft.com/products/maplematlab/index.aspx Hopefully this will help solve some of the issues you might encounter if you are used to using the symbolic toolbox with Maple. I use both Maple and Matlab – apparently you can get the toolbox to join Maple and MATLAB free from the Maple site:
http://www.maplesoft.com/products/maplematlab/index.aspx
Hopefully this will help solve some of the issues you might encounter if you are used to using the symbolic toolbox with Maple.

]]> By: Robert http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178&cpage=1#comment-8069 Robert Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:02:30 +0000 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178#comment-8069 I found a bug in Mupad/R2008b right off the bat: Previous versions using the Maple engine give: >> int((sin(x))^2/x,x) ans = 1/2*log(x)-1/2*cosint(2*x) Fails under R008b! I found a bug in Mupad/R2008b right off the bat:
Previous versions using the Maple engine give:
>> int((sin(x))^2/x,x)
ans =
1/2*log(x)-1/2*cosint(2*x)

Fails under R008b!

]]> By: IR http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178&cpage=1#comment-8042 IR Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:05:58 +0000 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178#comment-8042 You can also open MuPad and use its interface instead of Matlab's by typing 'mupad' or going through 'Start' menu. You can also open MuPad and use its interface instead of Matlab’s by typing ‘mupad’ or going through ‘Start’ menu.

]]> By: wayne http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178&cpage=1#comment-8031 wayne Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:24:20 +0000 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178#comment-8031 i am a student,I can not afford to buy any one of Mathematica/matlab/maple/MuPAD,so i am using scilab,xmaxima,R,though i knew quite well that they are so excellent. i am a student,I can not afford to buy any one of Mathematica/matlab/maple/MuPAD,so i am using scilab,xmaxima,R,though i knew quite well that they are so excellent.

]]> By: Mike Croucher http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178&cpage=1#comment-8003 Mike Croucher Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:17:06 +0000 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178#comment-8003 Hi Robert I agree - if you already have Maple then this move by Mathworks is a good one. There is a lot of nice functionality in Mupad and I will be covering some of it on here in the future. If you have any particular topics in mind that you would like more info on then let me know and I will add them to the list of possible future articles. Cheers, Mike Hi Robert

I agree – if you already have Maple then this move by Mathworks is a good one. There is a lot of nice functionality in Mupad and I will be covering some of it on here in the future. If you have any particular topics in mind that you would like more info on then let me know and I will add them to the list of possible future articles.

Cheers,
Mike

]]> By: Robert Talbert http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178&cpage=1#comment-7992 Robert Talbert Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:52:05 +0000 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178#comment-7992 Thanks for this interesting and very informative article. My college is going to be purchasing 50 licenses for MATLAB and the Symbolic Toolbox in early 2009 for use in our mathematics curriculum. We currently use Maple for symbolic stuff. It looks like with this switch to MuPad, we'll have a choice between straight Maple functionality or the MuPad version from within MATLAB, and to me that's a win-win situation. Thanks for this interesting and very informative article. My college is going to be purchasing 50 licenses for MATLAB and the Symbolic Toolbox in early 2009 for use in our mathematics curriculum. We currently use Maple for symbolic stuff. It looks like with this switch to MuPad, we’ll have a choice between straight Maple functionality or the MuPad version from within MATLAB, and to me that’s a win-win situation.

]]> By: hp http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178&cpage=1#comment-7986 hp Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:34:28 +0000 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=178#comment-7986 I think that using MATLAB for symbolic math is not exactly what Matlab was built for. I would never cough up more money for the package. Maxima is a pretty good open source symbolic math. Moreover, I hate having to declare the symbolic variables in matlab; sometimes if you forget, those annoying errors would pop up. I think that using MATLAB for symbolic math is not exactly what Matlab was built for. I would never cough up more money for the package. Maxima is a pretty good open source symbolic math.
Moreover, I hate having to declare the symbolic variables in matlab; sometimes if you forget, those annoying errors would pop up.

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