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- AlgeTrig 1.2 by Duane Bailey
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- Requires an 80286 or higher processor, 55 KB of free RAM memory, probably
- needs DOS 2.1 or higher. I recommend a hard drive for speed in keeping a log
- file when you choose to keep one.
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- This program can find the sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant, and
- cosecant of the angles you enter. You can give it the values in degrees,
- radians, or grads. It also converts between the three modes. Finally, it finds
- both natural logarithms (based on "e") and common logarithms (based on 10).
- AlgeTrig can also keep a text log file if you wish. You choose the path and
- name. The program is intended to be easy to use, but if you need help mail me
- your questions. If the program is worth $8.00 bucks to you, you get my number
- and "almost free" updates if any come along. This means I would individually
- compute the exact price of disk and postage, and charge only that, in order to
- break even. You will also get info on other computer creations of mine; I have
- written 3 other programs, written a short book on science, and painted some
- superb pictures with a mouse and some superb shareware paint programs that
- blow Windows paintbrush totally away. (I do like Windows, but let's face it,
- the paint module is on a budget...)
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- I'm writing this manual mainly with some programmers' support in mind. I'll go
- into a couple algorithms.
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- The language I'm using only provides Sine and Cosine functions; however, the
- other four trig functions are derived from these two anyway.
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- opp adj opp Sin Cos 1
- Sin = ───── , Cos = ───── , Tan = ───── = ───── , and Cot = ───── = ─────
- hyp hyp adj Cos Sin Tan
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- 1 1
- Sec = ───── , while Csc = ─────
- Cos Sin
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- Identities:
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- 1) Sin²Θ + Cos²Θ = 1
- 2) 1 + Tan²Θ = Sec²Θ
- 3) 1 + Cot²Θ = Csc²Θ
- 4) Sin(-Θ) = -Sin Θ (odd function)
- 5) Cos(-Θ) = Cos Θ (even function)
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- ┌ ┐
- │ π │
- 6) Sin │ ───── - Θ │ = Cos Θ
- │ 2 │
- └ ┘
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- ┌ ┐
- │ π │
- 7) Cos │ ───── - Θ │ = Sin Θ
- │ 2 │
- └ ┘
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- Always when programming I'm very careful about zero denominators. Now for
- tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant, I -first- evaluate the denominator
- in your choice of either degrees, radians, or grads. If it's zero then I abort
- the division and leave the appropriate message on the screen. Then I start
- over by asking you for the next one. If the division were to be attempted, the
- program would suddenly stop running, and you would be looking at a DOS prompt.
- Try Tan, (C), and choose degrees. Enter 90 to see what I mean. At 90 degrees
- the cosine is 0.
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- If you goof and enter a letter when it's supposed to be a number, your entry
- is not counted. Also, in the two logarithm routines, if you enter a number
- that is either negative or zero, your entry is not counted. But in the trig
- functions if you get "undefined" for an answer, the entry is counted. (As
- things rotate through multiples of 2π, there are an infinite number of angles
- that have some undefined trig function, how could you be expected to know?).
- This information is valuable sometimes anyway. The entry is counted as valid.
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- The logarithm routines: Well my language only provides for natural logs, that
- is, Ln(x). To get a common log, that is, Log(x), I had to rack my brain, but I
- figured it out. Here it is:
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- Ln(x)
- Log(x) = ─────────
- Ln(10)
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- The log file: It's a "plain-Jane" ASCII text file containing your session. You
- don't have to keep one, but it sure could help if you had 101 problems to do
- quickly and needed the results in concrete form right away if not sooner. You
- can edit it as you wish, import parts of it to other programs, print it, etc.
- .... a harried and hurried engineer's dream!
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- If you have any problems or bugs to report, -please- mail them to me and tell
- me as much as you can about what went wrong. For example if your computer has
- a math co-processor chip, tell me what brand, model number, whether SX or DX,
- etc.... I am testing the program exhaustively but you never know, it may
- misbehave on some particular configuration of machine. It does not require a
- math co-processor, and one is unlikely to help, but you never know, it may try
- to fight with some of the newer off-brand math chips.
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- "I'm a hack, she's a hack. Wouldn't ya like to be a hack too?"
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- Revision history:
- 1.0: Original release, project took 4 days from conception to completion.
- 1.1: Made the functions A through F easier to exit (less effort).
- 1.2: Made the calculations sections scroll, for ease of use.
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- Duane Bailey
- 409 W. First St, Apt. C
- Winston-Salem, NC 27101
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