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- From: akcs.joehorn@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Joseph K. Horn)
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 08:40:08 GMT
- Subject: Re: Calculus package
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- akcs.mcannon@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com [Matthew A. Cannon] writes:
-
- > ...if any of you own the Calculus Package by SPARCOM I would
- > appreciate your review.
-
- I gave my precalculus class a demo of it in action, and now they're
- all lusting after it. IMHO it was very well done and would prove
- useful to anybody learning calculus and/or playing with calculus.
- Would it be a time-saver for people who actually *use* calculus in the
- workplace? Depends on the person.
-
- Here's what you'll get in your Sparcom Calculus card:
-
- A. CALCU (interactive calculus environment; the library's first softkey)
- 1. Function Library
- Fitting (1 Pt/Slope)
- Fitting (2 Pt/Slope)
- Fitting (Many Points)
- Piecewise Functions
- Polynomial Builder
- Polynomial Solver
- Taylor Expansion
- 2. Integration Analysis
- Start value
- End value
- f(x)
- # of partitions
- Method (left-rectangle, right-rectangle, midpoint-rectangle,
- trapezoidal, or Simpson's)
- 3. Integral Tables (with option to solve, definite/indefinite)
- User-Defined
- Rational
- Irrational
- Trig/Hyperbolic
- Exponential/Logarithmic
- Definite
- 4. Limit Analysis (I wish I had this when I was a student!)
- Functions
- Target point
- f(x), g(x), h(x)
- Approach left/right side
- Single-step/continuous mode
- Sequences & Series
- Start index
- Stop index
- AN, BN, CN
- Single-step/continuous mode
- Recursions
- Initial point
- f(x), g(x), h(x)
- Single-step/continuous mode
- 5. Plotting: 2D with Trace (upgrades native PLOT menu)
- 6. Plotting: 3D with Trace (3D version of PLOT menu)
- Can be used to create awesome 4D plots (animated 3D)
- 7. Plotting: Differential Equations
- 8. Vector Environment (upgrades keyboard operations to support
- symbolic vectors using lists of algebraics)
- 9. Constant Library (43 real-world constants)
- 10. Reference Data
- Greek Alphabet
- SI prefix table
- Trig/Hyp definitions (like in the back cover of your textbook)
- Trig/Hyp pictures
- Trig relations
- Vector formulas
- B. FUNCKIT (function toolkit)
- C. INTGKIT (Integration toolkit)
- D. PLOTKIT (Plotting toolkit)
- E. VECTKIT (Vector toolkit)
- The B-E softkeys are not "environments"; they merely bring up a
- new menu of programmable commands that fall under the respective
- subject headings.
- F. ABOUTCAL (first shows a demo of an animated 3D plot, then shows the
- copyright & info screen).
-
- There are 92 more softkeys in the calculus library, which are merely
- programmable versions of all the functions used in the CALCU
- interactive environment. You can therefore write your own custom
- programs using the full firepower of the card. All 92 are in
- alphabetical order. Finding a particular function is made easier by
- the use of the toolkit menus.
-
- -Joseph K. Horn- -Peripheral Vision, Ltd.-
- "Nokavi Ot Sosumi"
-
-