You might have already passed that silly course with a title something like "Introductory Algebra and Trigonometry." It covered a bunch of stuff, but the important part was that the class was a ...

We consider a method of estimating an unknown regression curve by regression on a combination of low-order polynomial terms and trigonometric terms. Estimation based on trigonometric functions alone ...

We looked at Maxima in the February 2011 issue to do algebra and rearrange some equations. But those aren't the only tricks up Maxima's sleeve. This month, I describe how Maxima can help with ...