Press CNTRL-SHIFT PERIOD to enter the symbolic command and force the symbolic calculation.

2 2

Simplifying:

cos( z) + sin( z) simplify 1

Expanding :

( z + 1) ( z + 3) expand z + 4 z + 3

Solving :

z + 4 z + 3 solve , z

1 3
( b1 q 3 d1) a1

a1 x + b1 q d1 Assigning results to variables :

= 3 solve , x

r1 := z + 4 z + 3 solve , z r1 =

1 3

1 3

Collecting :

z w + 3 w collect , w z + 3 w

(3 )

Substituting :

z w + 3 w substitute , w = z z + 3 z

Combining Commands:

Press CNTRL-SHIFT-PERIOD twice to create space for two consecutive symbolic commands. collect , w

z w + 3 w

z + 3 y substitute , w = y

(3 )

Displaying numerical results: sin( 1) + cos( 2) sin( 1) + cos( 2) sin( 1) + cos( 2) = 0.425

sin( 1.) + cos( 2.) .42532414826075411965 sin( 1.) + cos( 2.) float , 3 .425

Factorizing :

z + 2 z + 1 factor ( z + 1)

Factor will not work on subexpressions when using CTRL-SHIFT-PERIOD: z + 2 z + 1 + y + 4 y + 4 factor z + 2 z + 5 + y + 4 y

2 2 2 2

To factor terms in a subexpression use the collect command in the symbolics menu. Example : z + 2 z + 1 + y + 4 y + 4 highlight the first polynomial and use factor from the symbolics menu to obtain ( z + 1) + y + 4 y + 4 highlight the second polynomial and use factor from the symbolics menu again to obtain
2 2 2 2 2 2

( z + 1) + ( y + 2)

Defining and working with functions : f( x) := ( x + 1) expand x + 3 x + 3 x + 1

3 3 2

g( x) :=

f( x) x+ 1 f( x) x+ 1

simplify x + 2 x + 1

g( x) :=

factor ( x + 1)