With Maple's equation editor, you can express complicated mathematical problems easily using standard mathematical notation.

Intuitive, rapid problem entry

• Over 40 fill-in-the-blank templates are available for common operations, including integrals, derivatives, and function definitions.
• Automatic formatting for common commands: the ^ key automatically moves the cursor to the exponent position, and the / key creates a division bar and moves the cursor to the denominator.
• Symbol completion allows you to quickly insert a symbol.  You do not need to know the exact name; you only need to enter the first few characters of the symbol name.
• Palettes are conveniently docked beside your main workspace. You can expand, collapse, remove, and reorder palettes, so frequently used ones are easily accessible.
• Implicit multiplication: 3x  is the same as 3.x.

Math that “looks right”

• Supports multiple notations for the same concept. For example, , , y'(x), and y’ all represent the derivative of y with respect to x.
• Extensive layout control: superscripts, subscripts, over, under, pre-superscripts, and pre-subscripts.
• Over 1000 symbols are available.
• Typesetting rules can be modified to change the display and interpretation of particular commands and symbols.