jbudden@swbatl.sbc.com (Jim Buddenhagen 5-5183) (04/18/91)
Archive-name: symbolic-math/msdos/ccalc/1991-04-17 Archive: wuarchive.wustl.edu:/mirrors/msdos/calculator/ccalc.zip [128.252.135.4] Original-posting-by: jbudden@swbatl.sbc.com (Jim Buddenhagen 5-5183) Original-subject: Re: Looking for Mathematics Oriented... Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN) In article <29222@rouge.usl.edu> gmv0570@usl.edu (Vignes Gerard M) writes: > > I am looking for a mathematics oriented graphics package > for an IBM compatible 386 w ?GA monitor. Something that > is useful for serious graphing but also capable of capturing > a students interest in Math and ~~shudder~~ Calculus. > > I'm not looking for a freebie or even cheap shareware, but > a quality application that might convince the kind of kids > who live behind a terminal (and shy away from even Algebra) > that math is worth learning. > Gerard Be sure to check out ccalc. It is available via ftp from wuarchive.wustlu.edu in /mirrors/msdos/calculators/ccalc.zip. Do not be put off by its being free (though the next version will be commercial). Likewise, it is misleading to call it a "calculus calculator". Though modest, this is a nice little package for students themselves to use, to experiment with, test ideas, superimpose graphs (e.g. of a function and its derivatives, tangent lines, curves defined parametrically etc.). Also allows viewing of 3d surfaces, and rotation of them. I would have loved to have this when I studied calculus (in ancient card-deck days). The author is at San Franciso State; unfortunately I don't remember his name. -- Jim Buddenhagen - SWBT - Statistical Research One Bell Center - Room 27X5 - St. Louis. MO. 63101. UUCP: { pyramid, uunet, bellcore }...!swbatl!jbudden INTERNET: jbudden@swbatl.sbc.com PHONE: 314-235-5183 -- comp.archives file verification wuarchive.wustl.edu -rw-r--r-- 1 20002 archive 195934 Sep 17 1990 /mirrors/msdos/calculator/ccalc.zip found ccalc ok wuarchive.wustl.edu:/mirrors/msdos/calculator/ccalc.zip