Thanks for the options. The 3d rotatable image is preferred.  Just didn't know if that was the fastest option for that many points.  It would be okay to reduce the number of points and reduce the granularity of the image, not sure which way is best though.

Wouldn't style=patchnogrid be similar to using the surfdata?

Thanks for the options. The 3d rotatable image is preferred.  Just didn't know if that was the fastest option for that many points.  It would be okay to reduce the number of points and reduce the granularity of the image, not sure which way is best though.

Wouldn't style=patchnogrid be similar to using the surfdata?

@herclau The attachments are plain text.  A webpage location would be better. 

I am not exactly sure of the application but does it have something to do with measuring circles using the hough transform on an image?  A web link would clarify.

@geri23 Regarding books - aside from the product Manuals available on Maplesofts website. 

I would suggest Programming in Maple - The Basics by Michael Monagan which can be found on this webpage http://www.asc.tuwien.ac.at/compmath/

Another excellent resource is here http://www.peterstone.name/Maplepgs/maple_index.html

Even though it is old I would also suggest Introduction to Maple by Andre Heck.

The application center is also a good resource, there exists complete sets of lessons for caluculs I, II, III and IV, classical mechanics, and cryptography. 

I think that's a pretty good start.

An interesting walk through history.  Maple has come a long way. 

While waiting in line at the Waterloo computer store, which I think was actually in the Math building at the time in 1991, I was holding a boxed Maple V R3 version of Maple worth $125 which to this day sits on my shelf above my computer.  I even have the reciept inside the box, I used Maple many times back then, for my first year University and partly in my fourth.  I seem to have lost track because V r4 and V r5 then Maple 6, 7, 8, 9 and 9.5 happened before I realized Maple again at version 10.  Maple 12 being one of my favorite versions where I've spent more time using Maple than ever.  Now I can't believe we're already at Maple 17!

@ostadfar Just a quick suggestion to use F5 to toggle between text you just want to write out and Math you want calculated.

I would like to be able to see a dotted line where a page ends on a worksheet.  Rather than going back and forth checking adjusting.  It is for convenience, a view page line option.  A feature request on future versions.

I would like to be able to see a dotted line where a page ends on a worksheet.  Rather than going back and forth checking adjusting.  It is for convenience, a view page line option.  A feature request on future versions.

No, that is my fault it was not intended.  I was so focused on getting a fast random matrix I forgot all about rank.

No, that is my fault it was not intended.  I was so focused on getting a fast random matrix I forgot all about rank.

Thanks for the numbers.  Is there a faster code that would top Mathematica?

For a comparison M12 Windows XP 3Ghz 2.5G RAM 32bit

n:=2500;30.733

Thanks for the numbers.  Is there a faster code that would top Mathematica?

For a comparison M12 Windows XP 3Ghz 2.5G RAM 32bit

n:=2500;30.733

I suspect the performance ratio gets better for Maple 17 as the problem size gets larger due to better gc() handling?  I'm not sure though, just a guess.  

Threading portions of the matrix on different processors (splitting tasks) and piecing it back together after would be faster yet.

Currently I'm just interesting in spitting out the Matrix in the fastest possible time for a single processor.  Of course also interested in the fasted multi core code as well.

I did not know this limitation existed.  I don't think the limitation exists in Maple 17 ?

**edit correction ** - display limit in the Matrix browser

Are these help pages of any help

http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/AddOns/view.aspx?path=DifferentialGeometry/Tensor/NPSpinCoefficients

http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/Maple/view.aspx?path=DifferentialGeometry/Tensor/AdaptedNullTetrad