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This book is designed to accompany any textbook that covers the topics of pre-calculus, calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, and probability and statistics. While these textbooks focus mainly on solving mathematics problems using the paper-and-pencil method, this book teaches you how to solve these problems using Maxima open-source software. Maxima is a system for the manipulation of symbolic and numerical expressions, including differentiation, integration, Taylor series, Laplace transforms, ordinary differential equations, systems of linear equations, polynomials, sets, lists, vectors, and matrices. One of the benefits of using Maxima to solve mathematics problems is the immediacy with which it produces answers. You can rest assured that the time you invest in learning Maxima now will pay off in the future; particularly, if you are a mathematics, science, or engineering student.