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- Program Title: MathTool
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- Program Description:
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- MathTool is an interactive mathematical tool. The user defines a
- mathematical function simply by typing it in. He can define one function
- or a complicated set of functions. Once he has defined a function,
- MathTool allows him to perform several operations:
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- 1) Evaluate the function
- 2) Evaluate the function for some range of values
- 3) Evaluate the derivative of the function
- 4) Evaluate the integral of the function over a user-specified
- interval.
- 5) Find roots of the function within a user-specified search range.
- 6) Plot the function.
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- Intended Users:
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- Anyone who wants to learn or use mathematics.
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- Improvements over old version:
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- MathTool has many improvements over over the old version which
- was called Mtool. The interface is much improved. MathTool's interface
- includes moving lightbar menus, dialog boxes, windows, a pick list, and
- context sensitive help. None of these were present in the Mtool
- interface.
- In Mtool the user could only define one function at a time. In
- MathTool the user can define any number of functions he wishes, limited
- only by memory. In Mtool the user had no real choice in what he named
- his function. In MathTool the user can choose the names of his functions.
- Mtool had no provision for file support, so each time the user loaded
- the program he had to type in his function definition anew. MathTool
- reads and writes ASCII files of function definitions. These files can
- be created either with MathTool or with any text editor which writes
- pure ASCII files. They can also include comments.
- Mtool graphics allowed the user to generate a linear plot of the
- single function. MathTool also supports log-log and semilog plots, and
- allows the user to plot as many as five different functions on the same
- graph. MathTool allows the user to print his plots on an IBM
- Graphics printer or compatible. Finally, MathTool also allows the user
- to import and plot data files.
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- Unique features of the program:
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- MathTool is a better program for two main reasons. It is easier to
- use because of the much improved interface. It is more powerful because
- it allows the user to save his function definitions and because it has
- much improved graphics.
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- Limitations:
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- The distribution copy of MathTool is not limited in any way. All
- the features described above are completely implemented in the
- distribution version of MathTool.
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- System requirements:
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- All the features of MathTool will work on a 256K, one floppy drive
- system with a monochrome monitor with one proviso. If the monitor is
- not a graphics monitor, then MathTool plotting will not work. MathTool
- graphics work on CGA, EGA, VGA, and Hercules compatible monitors.
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- How to start the program:
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- From the directory where MathTool is located, type "mathtool" at
- the DOS prompt.
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- Registration fee:
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- The registration fee for MathTool is $20.00
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- Materials and services that come with registration:
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- Latest version of the program
- User support via CompuServe or U.S. mail.
- Reduced prices for future upgrades and other products.
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- Files on the MathTool distribution disk:
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- MathTool.Exe - The MathTool program
- MathTool.Doc - MathTool User's Guide
- Mthelp.Mtl - MathTool help file
- Abc.Dat - Sample function file, straight line
- Cosines.Dat - Sample function file, trigonometric functions
- Exp.Dat - Sample function file, Taylor Series
- Poly.Dat - Sample function file, polynomials
- Pressure.Dat - Sample function file, physical formula
- Sqwave.Dat - Sample function file, Fourier Series
- Data.Dat - Sample date file
- Read.Me - Read Me file
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- Upgrade.Doc - This file, meant only for PC-SIG info, not meant
- to be on the distribution disk.
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- MathTool is (c) copyright 1990 by Martin J. Maher.
- All rights reserved.
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- Martin J. Maher
- MJM Engineering
- P.O. Box 2027
- Hawthorne, Ca 90251
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