wxMaxima tutorials

Here you can download tutorials in wxMaxima document format (wxm). Once you have downloaded the WXM file and open ed it with wxMaxima, work through the tutorial a step at a time. Commands often depend on output from preceding commands.

• 10 minute (wx)Maxima tutorial - a quick introduction to wxMaxima and Maxima (by Žiga Lenarčič).
• Using wxMaxima tutorial - learn how to quickly and efficiently use the wxMaxima GUI (by Žiga Lenarčič).
• Plotting - using wxplot functions (by Wilson Mixon).
• Writing and reading data - writing and reading data using the numericalio package (by Wilson Mixon).
• Understanding Maxima Essentials - Maxima essentials based on Minimal-Maxima paper written by Robert Dodier (by David E. Miller).
• Using wxMaxima as a Calculator - methods for using Maxima for numerical calculations (by David E. Miller).
• Using wxMaxima for Basic Set Operations - methods for using Maxima for basic set object operations (by David E. Miller).
• Using wxMaxima with Linear Equations - methods for using Maxima for investigating linear equations (by David E. Miller).
• Animations

Video tutorials

• Introducción a Maxima por Javier Arántegui - a series of video tutorials in Spanish (by Javier Arántegui).

Contribute

If you want to give something back in return for wxMaxima, you can do so by writing a tutorial in wxMaxima document format. Topics for tutorials include:

• expression simplification,
• solving equations (root finding, numerical solving),
• integration (also numerical integration),
• linear algebra,
• solving ODEs,
• fitting (linear, nonlinear),
• optimization, linear programming,
• programming in Maxima, defining new operators, tensor algebra...

Of course you can write a tutorial on any topic you like. You might find this wxMaxima tutorial template helpful when writing a tutorial. Uploading a tutorial to this page will require a registration and editing this page. You can upload your tutorial files on "Special pages"->"Upload file" page. Upload a zipped (.zip ending) wxMaxima document file.

Maxima links

• Introduction to Maxima - a pdf describing basics of Maxima.
• Minimal Maxima - another pdf.
• Edwin L.(Ted) Woollett Web Page - a series of pdf Maxima tutorials on various topics. Highly recommended for learning Maxima syntax and functions through examples.
• Symbolic Mathematics Using Maxima - useful examples of using (wx)Maxima.
• Maxima Beginner’s FAQ - not only for beginners. Lots of useful bits of info.
• A Maxima-Gnuplot interface - a huge number of example plots using the 'draw' package. Sort of a manual for the 'draw' package.
• Maxima, Maple, and Mathematica: the Summary - comparison of syntax in Maxima, Maple and Mathematica. Useful for those, who are already familiar with one of the two.