Using Maple To Obtain Analytic Expressions in Physical Chemistry

Sean A. C. McDowell
University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, P.O. Box 64, Bridgetown BARBADOS
J. Chem. Educ., 1997, 74 (12), p 1491
DOI: 10.1021/ed074p1491
Publication Date (Web): December 1, 1997
History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

The applicability of the symbolic computational programming language MAPLE in obtaining explicit analytic expressions from general analytic formulas is demonstrated. It has been shown that such expressions may be derived with considerable ease and are particularly useful for generating higher order expressions from general formulas. The derivation of expressions for the spherical harmonic functions and for electric multipole moments are used as examples for showing the capabilities of symbolic programming languages.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Physical Chemistry

Keywords (Feature):

Computer Bulletin Board

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Computer-Based Learning

Keywords (Subject):

Computational Chemistry
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