Category "maxima"

Simplification in Maxima

I have defined the following expression: r:sqrt((y1-x1)^2+(y2-x2)^2); When I differentiate r with respect to y1, i.e. diff(r,y1); I get the answer as (y1-x1)/sq

What is the recommended way to make & load a library?

I want to make a small "library" to be used by my future maxima scripts, but I am not quite sure on how to proceed (I use wxMaxima). Maxima's documentation cove

How to create a 3D plot of a path from equations of motion in wxMaxima?

I have the following equations of motion of a point: x(t):=r*cos(t^2)$ y(t):=r*sin(t^2)$ z(t):=b*t$ I already calculated the velocities and accelerations but n