mb@munnari.oz (Michael Bednarek) (10/06/87)
I have no affiliation with Prof. Delbourgo, I just thought I let you
know what's going on "Down Under":
quoted from "The Australian", 06-Oct-1987
Professor and son team up
A mathematics software package, MathBase, has been
developed by a physics professor at the University of
Tasmania - with a little help from his son, a talented young
software writer.
MathBase is a utility program providing tables and
graphs of all "non-trivial" transcendental functions likely
to be met in the analysis of scientific or engineering
problems.
Its creator, Professor Robert Delbourgo, says teachers
of advanced mathematics courses will find MathBase helpful
in demonstrating and highlighting the properties of complex
functions in varying critical circumstances.
With no formal computer training, Professor Delbourgo
used his mathematical expertise to develop the functions for
his software, then turned to his son, Tino, for help with
the screen display.
MathBase is compatible at present only with the IBM PC
range and the Commodore Amiga, but the Delbourgo team is
adapting its software for Macintosh users.
Priced at $120 [A of course], MathBase is available
directly from Professor Delbourgo, c/-Physics Department,
University of Tasmania.