In Maple, vectors appear at top-level, and in the MultivariateCalculus, LinearAlgebra, VectorCalculus, and Physics packages. Within the packages, vectors have different properties, which we will compare and contrast in this article. Throughout these remarks, we will consider just those vectors supported by the Maple rtable, and not the older type based on the table data structure. These older vectors would be familiar to users of the now-deprecated linalg package.
