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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

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December 1997
Vol. 74 No. 12
p. 1491

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.
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*  Citation
McDowell, Sean A. C. J. Chem. Educ. 1997 74 1491.
*  Keywords
Physical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Quantum Chemistry, Teaching/Learning Aids, and Theoretical Chemistry
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