ERIC Number: ED139639
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1977-Feb
Pages: 20
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COED Transactions, Vol. IX, No. 2, February 1977. Prism: An Educational Aide to Symbolic Differentiation and Simplification of Algebraic Expressions.
Marcovitz, Alan B., Ed.
A computer program for numeric and symbolic manipulation and the methodology underlying its development are presented. Some features of the program are: an option for implied multiplication; computation of higher-order derivatives; differentiation of 26 different trigonometric, hyperbolic, inverse trigonometric, and inverse hyperbolic functions; complete identity removal; precise diagnostic messages for invalid input expressions; and various trace and simplification options. (MH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Computers, Engineering, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics, Symbols (Mathematics)
COED Transactions, ASEE, P.O. Box 308, West Long Branch, New Jersey 07764 (no price quoted)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Authoring Institution: American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC. Computers in Education Div.
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