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        Byoung Keum,                                     August 25, 1988
        Dept. of Math.
        University of IL.
        Urbana, IL 61801.


        Welcome to Calculus and Differential Equations V 9.
        ===================================================

        This disk contains programs to help college students in
        Math, Engineering, or Science.  Some of them are already used in
        the Differential Equations classes in U. of Illinois.  More likely,
        you would not have is a printer drive for EGA screen, (We used a
        program named "EGAEPSON.COM included in commercial program "MATLAB")
        and a plotter (we used IBM COLOR PLOTTER).  But even without these
        only if you have EGA SCREEN (and preferably 8087), you'll find these
        interesting.
        This disk is a shareware (suggested registration fee is $ 30.00)
        and for those who register I will send a diskett with latest and
        customized versions for their particular request (if possible),
        and some more document files.


        *** All these require EGA (640x350, 16 Color).
        *** They are both stack and heap intensive.  (Large Memory maybe
            necessary I tested them only on 640 K machine.  For speed, I
            supressed stack-check option at compilation, except for Euler3d.)
            They will work best, at fresh boot-up, when the stack is
            almost free.



        Tips On Use
        ===========

        0. These are so user friendly that most of the time you may need
           help for Math, not for usage of these programs.

        1. DE.COM is for Differential Equations, and CALCULUS.COM is for
           Calculus.  They are compiled in Turbo Pascal (TURBO.COM).
           Although they are not as fast as STRING.EXE and EULER.EXE, they
           will be very convenient to use as an "Integrated Software", in
           relatively small size.

           ***************************************************************
           Warning: In DE.COM and CALCULUS.COM, when you enter new
           functions,      DON'T use SPACES.  And use multiple * instead of
           power (like x*x rather than x^2).  You don't have to do this
           for the other .exe programs.
           ****************************************************************

           When you are in the program you want (like in ODE of DE.COM),
           just press ENTER several times to see the default setting.
           During the animation, press ESC to quit.
           Explore on your own, and if you have problems, let me know.

        2. ODE.EXE:
                This is an update of my previous program "EULER.EXE".
                It allows the user to choose between Runge-Kutta method
                and Euler's Method to get the solutions.
                This draws some solutions to the system of linear ODE
                dx/dt = F1(x,y),  dy/dt = F2(x,y), for selected initial
                points.
                Functions to Try:
                        F1 = x+y,
                        F2 = x-y,

                        F1 = y,
                        F2 = -x-y,

                        F1 = y,
                        F2 = -sin(x),

                        F1 = y,
                        F2 = .5*(1-x^2)*y-x.

                   The default is for Runge-Kutta with step size 0.2.
                   To switch to Euler, it would be reasonable to reduce
                   the step size (down to 0.003, for example).  You will
                   be surprised to see how accurate the Runge-Kutta method is.


        3. EULER3D.EXE is a test program for 3-dim extension of ODE.EXE.
                   It is very similar to ODE.EXE.  But, careful in choosing
                   functions, (they are more capricious in 3-D).  You can
                   choose xy-view or yz-view or zx-view or oblique view
                   from view menu.  The colors represent z-values. Try to
                   change window and initial conditions (try very small z
                   value like -10), without changing the function first.
                   The function set up as a default is nice.  You can try
                   F1 = 0.1, F2 = -z, F3 = y, (Circular Helix) or any of the
                   examples in 3. above as F2 and F3, letting F1 = constant
                   for interesting results.


        4. STRING.EXE
                First, press ENTER a couple of times to see the demo.
           Any time, press ENTER to interrupt the animation.  Try to change
           parameters.  Make sure (vertical step size)*(number of steps) <= 1.
           This is well known stability criterion. Try to violate it and see
           the unstable case (well, don't carry on that too far, in fear of
           overflow).

          Initial Functions to try:
                cos(25*x)-1.
                sin(50*x).
                Use abs() to use functions with vertices.
                (Maximum length of function expression < 60.)
           In this update, you can enter the initial velocity.


        5. LP.EXE uses 3-dim graphics window to show graphical meaning of
           simplex method for linear programming.  This is a sample version
           and the full interactive version is in progress.

        Acknowledgements
        ================

        I must say I owe lots of ideas from the Mathematical environment
        of U. of IL.
        More specifically, LP.EXE is an outcome of the Computer Geometry
        course by Professor G. Francis, in which he suggested the need and
        relevance of such a program.  Also, we had a well-known program
        "LINPROG.COM" by Professor Muller, who gave me advices, and his
        program helped me to understand this subject.

        Also, we already had a string vibration program written by Professor
        Dornhoff using Fourier Series Method, which fascinated me so much that
        I began to explore the possibility for interactive program.  So, I
        first developed a parser (which should be optimized, because it
        usually goes into a loop), and as Professor G. Francis suggested,
        tried to use Numerical Method, for speed.  And, it worked fine (of
        course there was hard work behind this program).

        The Euler programs use well-known Euler method.  We had a version
        written in BASICA (new functions possible but was slow and we could
        not print EGA Screen in BASICA).  So, I used my parser which is very
        optimized (compare it with my old parsers used in DE.COM and
        CALCULUS.COM I guess this is more than five times faster, although
        those were faster than the BASICA version), and developed a version
        in Microsoft C Version 5.01.



        ADVERTISEMENT.
        =============

        I have another disk in PC-SIG:

                Disk1070: Particle Simulation.

        Also, another disk is under screening process in PC-SIG:

                Vibrating, Rotating, and Cooling Surfaces.

        Also, I submitted a Microsoft Windows programs in Differential
        Equations in WISC-WARE.

        In addition to these, I have lots of Mathematical Graphics
        programs either for IBM PC, or for Silicon Graphics Machines,
        mostly on the theme of Differential Equations and Differential
        Geometry (most of them contain my optimized parser for highest
        level of interactive environment).  Registered users will get
        informations on further developments.


        *** As of version 9, I implemented a Boolean function '&':

                Value & Limit  =  1,   if Value > Limit,
                                  0,   otherwise.

        With this '&', you can enter functions with vertices or with
        several components of different formula.
        For example, in STRING.EXE,
                     try x&.2 - 2*