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2. Expressions, the basic objects of formal calculus
2.1 Variables and values
Consider the mathematical expression
, to be normalized so that its integral from – ∞ to + ∞ has the value 1. This can be translated into the following instructions:
> restart;
> y:=exp(–x^2);
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The examples in this article were written using the most popular version in 2001: Maple V Release 5. However, from Release 4 to the latest Release 7, no essential changes have been made to the software's current operation, and the instructions can be adapted without significant change.
Software supplier: Waterloo Maple Inc.
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