Description of BasicTools package

by Andriy Zhugayevych

BasicTools package provides miscellaneous routines lacking in standard Maple distribution.

If you have comments, suggestions, or have found a bug, please email me.

Tested for Maple 2023.

Installation

• Download source files BasicTools.zip, unzip to any location, open install.mw and follow the instructions.
• Windows users: If failed to install or you don't need the source, download BasicTools_lib.zip and unzip to Maple library folder MapleXX/lib.
• Experienced users: the package can be initialized by reading BasicTools.ini with Maple "read" command.
• To change default settings use BasicTools[Setup] command or make changes directly to BasicTools.ini.
• The documentation is built into the Maple Help system. Individual help pages are also available as individual mw-files.

Credits

• Dennis Isbister – Wigner3j and Wigner6j routines.
• L. F. Shampine and H. A. Watts – code from SLATEC package is used in FZERO routine.

Requires implementation

• At the end of BasicTools.mw create an execution group checking if BasicTools, MolMod and other packages were installed correctly
• Enhance BasicTools:-ReadLines procedure so that it can read specific line numbers including reverse numbering from the end (modify input parameters as follows number::{integer,list(integer)}:=1). Then update PrintFile appropriately.