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Maple Changelog

What's new in Maple 2023.2

Nov 2, 2023
  • Added strikethrough to the of available character styles
  • Added new unit system: Inch–Pound–Second (IPS)
  • Improved behavior when editing or deleting subscripts
  • Fixed "match whole word only" feature of find/replace
  • Improved mouse selection of piecewise functions and the contents vectors/matrices
  • Introduced a client-side timeout feature when connected to a network license server
  • Updates to Physics package
  • Support for MapleSim 2023.2

New in Maple 2023.1 (Jul 13, 2023)

  • Improvements to the Plot Builder interactive assistant
  • Corrected an issue with the import of Excel files
  • Fixes some issues related to exports when the Color Bar option is used
  • Improvements to the math engine, including to Quantifier Elimination and Group Theory
  • Improved performance after a period of inactivity
  • Updates to the Physics package
  • Support for MapleSim 2023.1
  • General engine improvements by updating to more recent versions of various supporting libraries:
  • curl 8.0.1
  • libxml2 2.10.3
  • zlib 1.2.13

New in Maple 2022.2 (Oct 30, 2022)

  • Improved performance when saving large worksheets that use standard math notation in input
  • Corrected a problem with programmatic updates to radio button components
  • Enhancements to the Physics package
  • Improvements to the math engine, including in GraphTheory, GroupTheory, simplify, and evaluation of integral expressions at a point
  • Help page improvements for DeepLearning
  • Improved the ThermophysicalData package by updating the underlying database to CoolProp v6.4.1
  • Updated the Java platform to OpenJDK 18
  • Support for MapleSim 2022.2
  • General engine improvements by updating to more recent versions of various supporting libraries:
  • curl 7.85.0
  • libxml2 2.10.2
  • libxslt and libexslt 1.1.37
  • sqlite 3.39.3
  • zlib 1.2.12

New in Maple 2022.1 (Jun 2, 2022)

  • Enhancements to the Plot Builder interactive assistant
  • Improvements to the new Print Layout mode
  • Improvements to the Student ODE package and Student context menus
  • Tasks can now be easily deleted from the Task Palette (also known as the Snippets Palette) simply by right clicking on the button
  • Enhancements to the Physics:-StandardModel package, including a new Lagrangian command
  • Fixed an issue where certain 3-D plots could cause a crash on Ubuntu
  • Fixed a font anti-aliasing issue with PDF exports
  • Corrected problems with the Units:-Simple package
  • Improvements to limit, evala, factor, asympt, and other mathematical operations
  • Support for MapleSim 2022

New in Maple 2021.2 (Dec 2, 2021)

  • Corrected an issue that sometimes caused Maple to hang when dragging a document onto the Maple window
  • Fixed a plotting problem that was preventing legends and background images to be displayed on the same plot
  • Improved the Notification system so that it always recognizes if you are already logged in to MapleCloud
  • Ensured more robust start-up behavior on Windows 10
  • Corrected problems with setting up a C++ compiler on Windows due to a missing .ini file
  • Fixed an issue with creating a help database when the user’s file path includes special characters
  • Improved image selection when setting up a Shortcut component
  • Improved the behavior when using performing context menu operations on values with units while in Document mode
  • Fixed a problem with using the combine command on double summations
  • Enhanced the Physics package
  • Updated the curl library to version 7.78.0.0
  • Updated Java from version 15.0.1 to Java 17.0.0
  • Support for MapleSim 2021.2 and Maple Flow 2021.2

New in Maple 2021.1 (May 26, 2021)

  • Printing/export to pdf:
  • Define your page size (e.g. letter, A4 etc.) and margins
  • Define headers/footers for the printed page /export PDF
  • Display the page extents on the canvas
  • Style sets:
  • Support for text/math styles
  • Switch styles with Maple-based style sets
  • Separate numeric/symbolic calculation modes:
  • Additional “symbolic” evaluation mode that suppresses numeric evaluation as much as possible
  • Symbolic evaluation mode can be made “sticky” (i.e. all future math containers will be symbolic if sticky symbolic mode is set)
  • Other:
  • Japanese language support
  • Other interface enhancements and bug fixes

New in Maple 2020.2 (Nov 19, 2020)

  • Support for macOS 11.0 (Big Sur)
  • Connectivity to MATLAB® 2020b
  • Fixed an issue for users on Turkish operating systems where assigning a variable prevented the worksheet from executing
  • Corrections to PDF export and printing of plots and plot components
  • Fixed an issue when using relative paths in hyperlinks
  • Updates and improvements to the Physics package
  • Support for MapleSim 2020.2

New in Maple 2020.1.1 (Nov 19, 2020)

  • Correction to a problem that occurred when printing or exporting documents to PDF. If the document included a 3-D plot, nearby text was sometimes missing from the printed/exported document.
  • Correction to an issue that prevented users from installing between-release updates to the Physics package

New in Maple 2020.1 (Jun 16, 2020)

  • Support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)
  • Connectivity to MATLAB 2020a
  • Fixed an issue where opening certain Maple documents could cause Maple to launch with a blank screen
  • Fixed an problem where lists could sometimes appear as sets
  • Improved activation window text for high resolution monitors
  • Corrections to PDF export
  • Fixed an issue with SMTLIB on Windows
  • Improvements to the Integration Methods Tutor
  • Improvements to various math and language routines, including the DEtools package, lastexception, evalhf, VectorCalclulus[int]
  • Russian language support
  • Support for MapleSim 2020

New in Maple 2019.2 (Nov 13, 2019)

  • New “Go to Page ___” option in Print Preview
  • Sections are now expanded by default when printing or exporting a document
  • Support for macOS Catalina (10.15)
  • Updated versions of supporting libraries: Python 3.7.4, ICU 64.2, curl 7.66.0, boot 1.71, Microsoft Visual Studio redistributable 2019
  • Updated Japanese translations
  • Support for MapleSim 2019.2
  • Corrections to various problems, including:
  • Using non-executable math in document mode, where it sometimes became impossible to advance to a new line using Enter
  • Opening and saving .maple workbooks on some platforms
  • Applying numeric formatting to some quantities involving units
  • Several improvements to VectorCalculus
  • Improvements to select(), abs(), DeepLearning:-Classify, currentdir(), and others
  • Errors using Maplet-based interactive assistants in non-English environments
  • Difficulties recognizing certain license files on Windows relying on DISK_SERIAL_NUM

New in Maple 2019.1 (May 28, 2019)

  • The mathematics engine, including LPSolve, sum, statistics, and the Physics package
  • Visualization, including annotations and the Plot Builder
  • Export to PDF (related to freezing on export) and LaTeX (related to exporting output)
  • ExcelTools import
  • Network licensing
  • Typesetting mathematical expressions
  • MATLAB® connectivity, including improvements when calling Maple from MATLAB and support for MATLAB 2019a
  • MapleCloud on Mac
  • Worksheetdir and currentdir on restart
  • Support for MapleSim 2019

New in Maple 2018.2.1 (Dec 20, 2018)

  • Corrects a problem that sometimes interfered with PlotBuilder plots and data tables after a restart
  • Fixes a problem that resulted in a _noterminate error message
  • Improves Japanese palette translations
  • Includes all the improvements from the Maple 2018.2 update

New in Maple 2018.2 (Nov 2, 2018)

  • Improvements to code edit regions
  • Improvements creating and handling Workbooks
  • Enhancements to the Physics package
  • Support for macOS 10.14 (“Mojave”)
  • Updated version of Java on Windows and Linux
  • Updates to supporting libraries: Python 3.6.6 and Libcurl 7.61.0
  • Installer improvements
  • Support for MapleSim 2018.2

New in Maple 2018.1 (Jun 21, 2018)

  • Enhancements to the mathematics engine, including the Physics package and differential equations
  • Substantial improvements to the command line version, including color syntax highlighting, color character plots and preview image display, command history manipulation, and improved output
  • Easier access to the MapleCloud group management tools, which have been incorporated into the MapleCloud web interface
  • Double clicking an equation label will insert that label at your cursor position
  • Improvements to the context panel
  • F1 now opens up the entire help system instead of the Quick Help, which is instead displayed in the Context Panel at start-up
  • Support for MapleSim 2018

New in Maple 2017.3 (Oct 24, 2017)

  • Improvements to the MapleCloud, including a correction that will allow users to sign in with their Google account from a Mac
  • Enhancements to pdsolve and the Physics package
  • Updates to external libraries: cURL 7.55.1 and zlib 1.2.12
  • Improvements to mathematical typesetting
  • Support for MapleSim 2017

New in Maple 2017.2 (Aug 3, 2017)

  • Contains a variety of improvements to Maple 2017, including:
  • Updated translations for Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, French, and Spanish
  • Improvements to the MapleCloud
  • Updates to the Physics package
  • A variety of improvements to the math engine, including in limits and PDEs

New in Maple 2017.1 (Jun 29, 2017)

  • Improved display on high resolution monitors, including the table of contents in the help system, the Maple debugger, and the MapleCloud
  • A variety of improvements to the math engine, including limits, series, physics, and typesetting
  • Enhancements to tools for creating packages and help pages
  • Improved help pages

New in Maple 2016.2 (Jan 18, 2017)

  • Changes to the file formats supported by the video component, including the addition of .mp4 files
  • Improvements to the Maple Workbook
  • Improvements to the Physics package
  • Updated language pack for Brazilian Portuguese
  • Support for MapleSim 2016.2
  • Numerous small improvements throughout the product

New in Maple 2016.1a (Apr 27, 2016)

  • Corrects a problem in math notation input that can occur when using the π symbol with implicit multiplication

New in Maple 2016.1 (Apr 20, 2016)

  • Updated translations for Simplified and Traditional Chinese, French, Greek, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish
  • Updates to the new Maple Workbook
  • Enhancements to Maple's context-sensitive menus
  • A variety of improvements to the math engine and interface

New in Maple 2015.2 (Jan 12, 2016)

  • Support for Mac OS X 10.11
  • The improvements to sums made available on other platforms through Maple 2015.2a
  • Support for new operating systems: Windows 10
  • Support for MATLAB 2015b
  • Improvements to the Physics package
  • Support for MapleSim 2015.2
  • Numerous small improvements throughout the product

New in Maple 2015.1a (Jun 13, 2015)

  • Corrects an issue with hardware float evaluations involving some negative fractional powers of negative numbers.

New in Maple 2015.1 (May 21, 2015)

  • A maintenance update, is available to all users running Maple 2015. This update contains a variety of improvements to Maple 2015, including:
  • Support for high-resolution monitors (e.g. 4K, UHD)
  • Updated translations for Brazilian Portuguese, French, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese
  • Enhancements to the Explore command
  • Improvements to the DataSets package
  • Updates to the Microsoft Excel plug-in
  • Enhancements to unit handling
  • A variety of improvements to the math engine, interface, and documentation

New in Maple 18.02 (Nov 13, 2014)

  • A maintenance update, is available to all users running Maple 18. This update contains improvements to many areas, including:
  • Rendering of 2-D plots
  • Help pages and examples
  • Interactive components
  • MATLAB 2014a support
  • Math engine: Laplace transforms, complex floats, simplify
  • Matrix import
  • Context menus
  • Typesetting
  • Memory management
  • OpenMaple API

New in Maple 18.01a (Jun 28, 2014)

  • This update corrects a problem a small number of users have experienced when doing certain types of floating point computations on very recent hardware. When the problem occurs, instead of giving the result, Maple issues a “lost kernel connection” error message and must be restarted.

New in Maple 18.01 (May 7, 2014)

  • Significantly enhanced efficiency for many numerical linear algebra computations
  • New keyboard shortcuts for “Execute All” ([Ctrl or Cmd]+[Shift]+[Enter]) and for entering slideshow mode ([F11] or [Cmd]+[F11])
  • Improved export of 2-D plots
  • PDF export improvements for documents that include code edit regions
  • Enhancements to the limit command

New in Maple 17.02 (Sep 25, 2013)

  • A new, alternative keyboard short-cut for in-line evaluation: Alt+Enter
  • Improved interactions with international keyboards
  • Enhancements to the Physics package and special functions
  • Improved MATLAB® connector installation process
  • Compatibility with MapleSim 6.2

New in Maple 17.01 (Jul 4, 2013)

  • An expansion of the video component to provide new start/stop time index controls and audio file support, as well as improved ability to play video files from a URL
  • Extended MATLAB® connectivity to include MATLAB® R2013a
  • Improvements to printing and resizing code edit regions
  • Updates to solving equations with branch cuts and the Heun Confluenent function
  • Improved support for international keyboards
  • Updates to Smart PopUps, the Variable palette, and the Snippets palette
  • Enhancements to plotting, including an improved preview in the Plot Builder for interactive plots

New in Maple 16.02 (Dec 10, 2012)

  • New Platform support. Maple 16 now works on these additional platforms:
  • Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise
  • Macintosh OS X 10.8
  • Connectivity. Connectivity features have been extended to include:
  • MATLAB 2012b
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 (using these instructions)
  • Physics. Enhancements were made to several areas of the Physics package, including:
  • Algebraic manipulations of dot products of quantum operators (possibly tensorial) and eigenstates
  • Algebraic simplification taking into account commutation/anticommutation rules
  • Simplification of tensor products involving the sum rule for repeated indices in the presence of symmetric and antisymmetric tensors
  • Dagger, Commutator, AntiCommutator, Bracket
  • Normal forms of products of quantum operators
  • Saving and loading Physics setup across sessions
  • Allowing selective partial clearing of setting using Setup(clear, )
  • Copying and pasting of textbook display (typesetting = extended)
  • Performance
  • Efficiency. Enhancements were made to memory management/garbage collection.
  • Interface. Improvements were made to the display of data tables and to custom palettes.

New in Maple 16.01 (May 24, 2012)

  • Math Engine:
  • Enhancements to the Physics package in the area of general relativity
  • Improvements to the compile=true option for pdsolve on Windows
  • Updates to ExcelTools:-Import when importing a single cell
  • Enhancements to DynamicsSystems:-Linearize, including more detailed feedback on ill-formed systems
  • Plotting:
  • Improvements to plotting multiple curves at once using non-Cartesian coordinates
  • Updates to Student:-VectorCalculus:-PlotVector and implicitplot3d
  • Improvements to exporting 3-D plots to EPS and PDF formats
  • Interface:
  • Translations of tutors and assistants into French and Brazilian Portuguese
  • Improved behavior of tabs in text regions
  • Updates to 2-D math, the variable palette, displaying help pages as worksheets, and the task palette

New in Maple 15.01 (Jun 22, 2011)

  • Enhancements to MapleCloud security settings
  • Improvements to tools supporting multi-process programming on a local grid
  • Extended MATLAB connectivity to include MATLAB R2011a
  • Compatibility with MapleSim 5

New in Maple 14.01 (May 21, 2011)

  • Mathematics: Updates to the VectorCalculus, DifferentialAlgebra, MathematicalFunctions, and Student packages, the convert command, and tools for solving differential equations
  • Interface: Enhancements to context menus, tables, embedded components, document blocks, and the start-up code region
  • Plotting: Improvements to interactive plots, filled plots, and animations
  • Connectivity: MATLAB® connectivity extended to MATLAB® R2010b, and enhancements to Excel connectivity
  • License management: Improved license queuing

New in Maple 13.02 (Nov 20, 2009)

  • MATLAB Connectivity: Improved performance, connectivity extended to MATLAB R2009b, and support for the MATLAB Link on 64-bit Macintosh Intel platforms.
  • Language packs: Expanded support for Traditional Chinese and improved Spanish translation.
  • Plotting: Improvements to EPS and PDF export and improvements to plotting on Macintosh.
  • Other enhancements: Improved event handling in dsolve/numeric, better handling of read-only documents on Mac OS® X 10.6 (Intel), and improved support for multithreading.

New in Maple 13.01 (Nov 20, 2009)

  • 3D visualization: Increased speed and memory efficiency.
  • Language packs: Improved French translations and expanded support for Greek.
  • JRE Update: Updated JRE corrects many Java-related issues, and results in improvements in printing on Linux, printing international characters, redrawing components, and plotting.
  • Other enhancements: Areas of improvement include the performance of plots with a large number of data points, curve colors used in drag-and-drop plotting, the display of mathematics in embedded components, and PDF export.

New in Maple 12.02 (Dec 18, 2008)

  • Plot annotations: Improved creation and editing of text annotations on 2-D plots.
  • Differential Equations: Further enhancements to performance and abilities of numeric solvers.
  • Embedded Components: Enhancements to embedded components.
  • Excel Link: Improvements to the Excel Link for Excel 2007.
  • MATLAB Link: Extended to include support for MATLAB 2008b.

New in Maple 12.01 (Oct 17, 2008)

  • Differential equations and differential algebraic equations: Numerous enhancements to performance of numerical solvers.
  • MATLAB link: Extended to include support for MATLAB 2008b.
  • Language packs: Updates for Spanish, Brazilian-Portuguese, Greek, Japanese, and Chinese.
  • Plotting:
  • Improved behavior in plot3d when using numpoints and grid options.
  • The plots[display] command now handles dual-axis plots inside array plots.
  • Graph Theory: Context-sensitive menus updated to include more graph theory commands.
  • Other improvements were made in:
  • Numeric integration.
  • Physics package.
  • SolveTools package.
  • ArrayTools package.
  • Debugger.