announcing the publication of

       Mathematics for Chemistry with Symbolic Computation
                       by  J. F. Ogilvie
  with contributions by G. Doggett, G. J. Fee, M. B. Monagan and others

     For this edition 3.1 of part I, Mathematics for Chemistry has been 
revised thoroughly and reorganised, extended and expanded by about half 
again from the first edition, with systematic integration of prolific 
hyperlinks to Maple's major internal dictionary of mathematical and 
statistical terms.  The modifications from edition 3.0 include some
extensions and corrections.  These Maple worksheets are compatible with 
Maple 15, and are recommended to be operated with either the classic 
interface or the standard interface in the worksheet mode.
     Features of nine Maple worksheets that comprise this Part I include 
an introductory cursory summary of the most useful Maple commands and 
instructions, strongly enhanced coverage of geometry, complex analysis, 
vectors, eigenvalues, vector calculus, and differential and integral 
equations, with substantially increased numbers of solved examples and 
exercises for calculus and linear algebra.  On a firm basis of probability 
and distributions, the statistical topics include univariate analysis, 
linear and non-linear regression with major robust routines for improved 
practical fitting of all numeric data, qualified with multiple indicators 
of goodness of fits, and linear and non-linear optimization.  A separate, 
printable file of all mostly textual material contained in the preface, 
table of contents, and overviews and summaries of each chapter is provided.  
A separate worksheet named PerTable is included as a utility for convenient 
access to information about chemical elements and their isotopic variants, 
but for concurrent use with another Maple worksheet this worksheet should 
be opened in a separate session of Maple, perhaps with a preceding release; 
read the text in this worksheet PerTable for details.
     The coverage and explanation of mathematical topics are designed so 
that a student will achieve a profound understanding of all mathematical 
concepts and principles that a professor in any branch of chemistry would 
likely wish his or her students to possess, as a result of courses typically 
taught in departments of mathematics, together with a practical knowledge 
of Maple's powerful and comprehensive commands and procedures to implement 
those mathematical operations for the solution of chemical and general 
mathematical problems.
     Although this part I is designed primarily for students of chemistry, 
for whom numerous examples are provided, and for biochemistry, environmental 
and material sciences, the coverage of mathematical topics is appropriate 
for all students and practitioners of science and engineering, not only 
in traditional courses accompanied by practice sessions in a computer 
laboratory, but also for self study applications in research, and with or 
without additional traditional textbooks.  
     This approach to the learning and teaching of mathematics is discussed 
in a significant article published in Journal of Chemical Education (2007), 
volume 84, pages 889 - 896.
