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Checking concavity of a highly non linear function

I have a highly non linear profit function which depends on four independent variables (decision variables) E,W,T and p. I want to check concavity of profit function with respect to these four decision variables. To prove concavity, I have to prove that profit function's Hessian ( 4 *4 matrix) is negative (semi) definite for each values of decision variables but it is very difficult to draw any conclusion from its Hessian Matrix due to its complexity with many terms. Please guide whether any tool/technique/tricks or software package available for it. The profit function is given below ( it is written in Maple 2016.)-

Profit_function = (p*(W+1.00000000010^5W^.7*(.16-(.4-T)^2-0.3333333334e-4p^2(W^.3-E^.3))/p^2-E)+10E-20W-2.00000000010^6W^.7*(.16-(.4-T)^2-0.3333333334e-4p^2(W^.3-E^.3))/p^2-10-1.33333333310^5W^.7*(.4-((.4-T)^2+0.3333333334e-4p^2(W^.3-E^.3))^.5)^3/p^2+160000W^.7(.4-((.4-T)^2+0.3333333334e-4p^2(W^.3-E^.3))^.5)^2/p^2-(4*(W+1.00000000010^5W^.7*(.16-(.4-T)^2-0.3333333334e-4p^2(W^.3-E^.3))/p^2))(.4-((.4-T)^2+0.3333333334e-4p^2*(W^.3-E^.3))^.5)-(2*(W+E))(T-.4+((.4-T)^2+0.3333333334e-4p^2*(W^.3-E^.3))^.5)-5WT)/T

Thanks and Regards, Nilesh