Maxima 5.44.0 Manual: Introduction to finance

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### 59.1 Introduction to finance

This is the Finance Package (Ver 0.1).

In all the functions, rate is the compound interest rate, num is the number of periods and must be positive and flow refers to cash flow so if you have an Output the flow is negative and positive for Inputs.

Note that before using the functions defined in this package, you have to load it writing `load(finance)$`.

Author: Nicolas Guarin Zapata.

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