TEST BANK FOR Mathematics for Physical Science and Engineering Symbolic Computing Applications in Maple and Mathematica By Frank Harris

1.1 COMPUTING: HISTORICAL NOTE 1.2 BASICS OF SYMBOLIC COMPUTING Exercises Carry out these exercises using the symbolic computation system of your choice. 1.2.1. Reduce the following polynomial in x and z to fully factored form. 3x2 + 3x4 − 4xz + 3x2z + 2x3z + 6x5z + z2 − 4xz2 − 7x2z2 + 6x3z2 − 8x4z2 + z3 + 2xz3 − 5x2z3 + 2x3z3 − 2xz4 + 6x3z4 + z5 − 8x2z5 + 2xz6 Solution: In maple, > ZZ := 3*x^2+3*x^4-4*x*z+3*x^2*z+2*x^3*z+6*x^5*z+z^2-4*x*z^2 > -7*x^2*z^2+6*x^3*z^2-8...