The Professional Macsyma Manual









Franz Incorporated
1141 Harbor Bay Parkway
Alameda California



June, 1986
version 12.0


Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Franz Inc. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement or nondisclosure agreement.  The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the agreement.  It is against the law to copy professsional macsymaª  except under these terms.

professional macsyma  is a registered trademark of Franz Inc.

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Portions of this manual are  ©1981 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which has given permission to copy without fee all or part of the source material from which this manual is derived, provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage and the copyright notice above is given.

Portions of the macsyma code are available only by arrangement with the National Energy Software Center.



© Franz Inc, 1986.


Contents
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Welcome	About this Manual		1
	Getting Started		3
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Learning Macsyma
	What is Macsyma?		1
		Starting Up	1
		Your First Command	1
	Programming  Macsyma		1
	General Advise		1

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Macsyma Reference
	Data Types		1
		Numbers	1
		Symbols	1

	Commands		1
		Notations	1
		Etc
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Macsyma Applications
	Differential Equations		1
		Etc	1

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