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From: jbudden@swbatl.sbc.com (Jim Buddenhagen 5-5183)
Subject: Re: Looking for Mathematics Oriented...
Message-ID: <1991Apr17.142745.12252@swbatl.sbc.com>
Organization: Southwestern Bell Advanced Technology Laboratory
References: <29222@rouge.usl.edu>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 91 14:27:45 GMT

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.

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