WATERLOO MAPLE SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES MAPLE V RELEASE 3 WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada, March 15, 1994 Waterloo Maple Software today announced Maple V Release 3, a new and significantly improved version of its comprehensive mathematical software package. This new version builds on Maple's reputation for symbolic and numeric computational power, graphics capabilities, and programming. Major new enhancements and features include an easy-to-use worksheet interface including export to LaTeX, mathematical robustness, interactive graphics, and a new help facility featuring keyword searches within help pages. "We have paid attention to the needs of our customers by providing them with tools that are important to the advancement of their work," said Chris Howlett, director of research and development, Waterloo Maple Software. "Users of Maple V can now solve more problems than previously possible with computer algebra systems." NEW FEATURES OF MAPLE V RELEASE 3 Many of Maple V Release 3's symbolic and numeric functions have been greatly enhanced. Significant work has been done in extending Maple's power in the areas of integration, exact solutions of equations, and manipulation of symbolic expressions. These changes make Maple V faster, more efficient, and robust, enabling users to solve even more problems. The solution of differential equations has been improved and includes two completely new algorithms for solving linear differential equations in addition to facilities for manipulation and working with incomplete solutions. Also, Release 3's redesigned statistics package includes many statistical distributions and functions for sophisticated data manipulation, analysis, and statistical plotting. "Proper choice of branch cuts has been a problem that affects all symbolic math systems. I'm pleased to see the new improvements in Maple that will use only reductions and simplifications that are 'provable'," said John Crow, member of the Technical Staff at an aerospace firm in Southern California. "I'm also impressed with the new capabilities for differential equations. It will make obtaining and manipulating solutions much more convenient." Additional enhancements in areas such as graphics, help facilities, and Maple's worksheet interface have been made in Release 3. An improved interactive graphics package includes control of number of contours, line styles, fonts used for text, and symbols used for points, which allow for the production of professional documents. Help facilities now include keyword search capabilities making it easy to locate information on specific topics. Entire worksheets can be exported to LaTeX for publication quality presentations. PLATFORM ENHANCEMENTS Maple V Release 3 for Windows has a number of significant enhancements, including a tool bar which is available on worksheet and plot windows. A status bar at the bottom of all windows shows information on menu items and buttons, while a status bar at the bottom of worksheet windows displays memory and CPU usage. "The new tool bars make Release 3 much easier to navigate," said John Smirnios, a Maple beta tester. "I enjoy working with the new help facility. It's much more convenient and easier to use. Also, I found that Maple V Release 3 is consistent with the native Windows applications." The Macintosh and Motif versions of Release 3 add improvements to the Help facilities, including keyword search capabilities that allow users to quickly locate Help topics. On all platforms, plots can be saved in the widely adopted GIF file format. AVAILABILITY In North America, Maple V Release 3 is available for the Macintosh, MS/PC-DOS 5.0+, Microsoft Windows 3.1, Digital Alpha AXP (OSF/1) and DECStation (Ultrix), IBM RS/6000, HP 9000/700, and SUN workstations running SunOS 4.x, 5.0, or Solaris. International availability will be on April 1, 1994. Availability of Maple V Release 3 on additional platforms will be announced in the near future. CONTACT INFORMATION Maple V is distributed internationally through direct sales, distributors, dealers, hardware OEMs, and software publishing partners. Site licenses and volume discounts are available directly from Waterloo Maple Software. Corporate Headquarters: Waterloo Maple Software 450 Phillip Street Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 5J2 info@maplesoft.on.ca Telephone: 519/747-2373 Telephone: 800/267-6583 (Sales) Fax: 519/747-5284 Europe: Waterloo Maple Software GmbH Tiergartenstrasse 17 69121 Heidelberg 1, Germany 100275.163@compuserve.com Telephone: +49 6221 487 180 Fax: +49 6221 487 184 Asia: Waterloo Maple Software 541, Orchard Road Liat Towers #10-04 Singapore 0923 Telephone: +65 735 6268 Fax: +65 482 2490 Western USA: Prescience Corporation 939 Howard Street San Francisco, CA USA 94103 info@prescience.com Telephone: 415/543-2252 Telephone: 800/827-6284 (Sales) Fax: 415/882-0530 # # # Maple and Maple V are registered trademarks of Waterloo Maple Software.