Maple 6 released with NAG technology incorporated

 Oxford 18 Jan 00 The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) announced that its strategic partner Waterloo Maple is releasing Maple 6 for Windows, Unix Macintosh, and Linux. Maple 6 enhancements speeds up complex, technical computation projects. The new math engine delivers a tightly integrated suite of symbolic and numerical solvers.

This achievement is the first tangible result of the strategic partnership between Numerical Algorithms Group and Waterloo Maple announced in August 1998.

The new technology found in Maple 6 has far reaching implication application for scientific and engineering users in industry, government and education. The software combines the flexibility and intelligence of Waterloo Maple's symbolic computation algorithms with the reliability, accuracy and power of the NAG numerical solvers. Through this new technology, users can perform end-to-end technical computations for projects that previously require the use of several separate software packages.

The new computation engine to be released with Maple 6, will centre on the use of NAG's renowned mathematical components, adapted and optimized for Maple's unique interactive environment. Performance improvements will benefit many key technical areas such as signal and image processing, dynamic simulation and mathematical modeling. Waterloo Maple has also introduced several key end-users features in Maple 6's programming language, large-scale floating point data handling, and user interface, to ensure that users can easily access and benefit from the engine's immense potential. Additional features in Maple 6 that complement the new engine include seamless connectivity to Excel 2000 and the ability to export to Rich Text Format (RTF). Both these features allow users to coordinate and share data between Maple 6 and popular general productivity tools. A suite of new language features aimed at programmers delivers greater flexibility to a wider variety of applications and a wider range of end users.

The core technology is in its final testing cycles and the scheduled customer ship date is February 23, 2000. Maple 6 is $1695 US for a single version on Windows, Macintosh or Linux. The pricing for concurrent usage licensing, a highly, cost-effective approach for multi-user projects, starts at $2240 US.

 

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