Mathematics Matters in the Modern World
	Take a tour on the Maplesoft Web site of the twenty engineering achievements of the twentieth century that fundamentally changed society, and the ways mathematics helps us utilize and benefit from these great technological achievements.

New User Case Studies SkySails’ Towing Kite Wind Propulsion Systems powered by Maple
SkySails GmbH & Co. KG, based in Hamburg, Germany, develops, produces, and distributes towing kite wind propulsion systems for modern means of sea travel and transportation. SkySails used Maple to develop its simulation software. Maple was chosen for its symbolic computation engine, which considerably simplifies the derivation of the equations of motion for multi body systems. Editing the three-dimensional mathematical models by hand was not feasible within the company’s time frame. Many matrix operations and derivatives needed to be applied in order to set up the equations in three dimensions.
Florida’s Indian River Community College used Maple T.A.™ for dramatic improvements in student learning
To raise the success level in his algebra course, Professor Asoka Peiris, Math Department Chair at Indian River Community College, Florida, made a commitment to himself: improve his students’ conceptual understanding and provide tutorial practice of math problems while accommodating different learning styles. His strategy was to increase the use of technology in his classroom, and he turned to Maplesoft™. He used Maplesoft’s testing and assessment product Maple T.A.™ to develop online tools that enable students to diagnose their own weaknesses in math comprehension and access practice materials at their own convenience. The students loved the new approach to learning and Professor Peiris saw dramatic improvements in the class’ response. Visit User Case Studies to read both case studies in their entirety.

New MapleConnect Product: Atlas™ - modern differential geometry for Maple™

The Atlas package is a powerful Maple toolbox which allows you to solve a variety of differential geometry problems using a simple computational scheme. The computational process is highly automated which allows you to save time by concentrating your efforts on the problem not on the programming.


New Maple Toolbox for MATLAB Product Demonstration

One of the most popular demos on the Maplesoft site, this new product demonstration illustrates the connection of Maple and MATLAB, with examples of how you can derive solutions in one, and manipulate them in the other. Maple’s capabilities are also highlighted with the solution of a higher-order differential equation and a demonstration of its features that aid in the design and solution development process

Classroom Tips and Techniques: Teaching Fourier Series with Maple
Author: Robert J. Lopez, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Maple Fellow, Maplesoft

The Maple Application Center has received the following new applications over the last month:

English

Functional Approximation Through Finite Fourier Series Prof. David Macias Ferrer Fractal Volumes Prof. Wieslaw Kotarski Dr. Agnieszka Lisowska Complex Analysis Project Dr. John Mathews Polynomial Regression through Least Square Method Prof. David Macias Ferrer

Decomposition Into Irreducible Factors in the Gauss Integers Annulus Prof. Samir KADDOURI Solving Differntial Equations using Laplace Transforms Prof. Carl Madigan Global and Nonsmooth Optimization Toolbox Centre for Informatics and Applied Optimization CIAO

French

Générateur de Figures Géométriques Mr. Alain Le_Stang

La Fibre Optique Multimode à Gradient d'Indice Prof. EL MAHDI ASSAID

Here are some highlights of this past months press coverage.

Maple-NAG Connector Seeks To Eliminate Conventional Programming Issues
Financial Engineering News, November 2006

Janice Rosenberg of Financial Engineering News looks at the developing relationship between Maplesoft and NAG (Numerical Algorithms Group) and discusses the companies’ joint product, the Maple-NAG Connector.

“This fall NAG (Numerical Algorithms Group), maker of mathematical and statistical components, and Maplesoft, a developer of desktop mathematical software in Waterloo, Ontario, launched the Maple-NAG Connector, an outgrowth of the two companies’ eight-year partnership. The product was created in a direct collaboration between the companies’ research and development teams.”

DynaFlexPro: Simulate Tire Forces
Machine Design, November 2006

“DynaFlexPro/Tire is an optional module to DynaFlexPro for modeling and simulating dynamics of complex mechanical multibody systems. The module lets engineers use pneumatic tire models in simulating vehicle systems. The software derives kinematic quantities, such as slip angle, longitudinal slip, and inclination angle, as optimized computational sequences.”

Help Students Brush Up on Algebra
University Business, November 2006

“Maplesoft has converted The Mathematics Survival Kit book into an interactive electronic format, covering 115 topics from algebra to integral calculus. The text is written in a conversational manner with 10-minute refreshers, exercises that provide hints to achieve the correct answer, and a "more to explore" section with hundreds of questions and assessments students can use to reinforce concepts.”


Mathematics Survival Kit
District Administration, November 2006

“The book of the same name is presented in electronic format covering 115 topics from algebra to integral calculus. The text is written in a conversational manner with ten-minute refreshers, exercises that provide hints to achieve the correct answer, and a "more to explore" section with hundreds of questions and assessments students can use to reinforce concepts.”


Love of Math Becomes Entrepreneurial Asset
The K-W Record, November 2006

The Record’s Business section carried a front page story on the importance of math in the new economy. “Engineers need to dig deeper into the underlying principles of their machines. That is all done with mathematics,” said Keith Geddes, co-founder of Maplesoft.

In addition to these articles, check out the Media Center for all the latest coverage on Maplesoft.