Maxima-References

This repo contains all the good sources for using the Maxima CAS Software

First books to read

You can read a single one or any combination of these books to obtain a good primer on Maxima.

Scientific Programming Numeric, Symbolic, and Graphical Computing with Maxima (Paid)

https://cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-1117-0

Maxima by Example by Ted Woollet (Free)

https://home.csulb.edu/~woollett/mbe.html

Symbolic Mathematics for Chemists: A Guide for Maxima Users (Paid)

https://www.amazon.com/Symbolic-Mathematics-Chemists-Guide-Maxima/dp/1118798694

Skim the manual after finishing your first book/s

Once you finish your first maxima book/s. You can then proceed to the manual to add whatever else you may need to your repertoire.

Maxima Manual

https://maxima.sourceforge.io/docs/manual/maxima.pdf

Xmaxima Manual

https://maxima.sourceforge.io/docs/xmaxima/xmaxima.pdf

Other optional reads

Boris Gaertner's Tutorial on Maxima

https://maxima.sourceforge.io/docs/tutorial/en/gaertner-tutorial-revision/Contents.htm

Documentation listed on the Maxima website

https://maxima.sourceforge.io/documentation.html

Advanced Books to Read

Maxima for Calculus 1 and 2 (Free)

https://wxmaximafor.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/wxmaxima_for_calculus_i_cq.pdf https://wxmaximafor.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/wxmaxima_for_calculus_ii_cq.pdf

Classical Mechanics with Maxima (Paid)

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4939-3207-8

Numerical Engineering Optimization (Paid)

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-43388-8

Finite Elements using Maxima (Paid)

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-17199-5

Computational Physics in Maxima and R by Ted Woolett (Free)

https://home.csulb.edu/~woollett/cp.html

Economic Analysis in Maxima by Ted Woolett (Free)

https://home.csulb.edu/~woollett/eam.html

If you have further questions

Join the mailing list https://maxima.sourceforge.io/maximalist.html

Other resources

If you know or have other good resources for maxima please make a pull request