Re: A89: AP Calculus


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Re: A89: AP Calculus




Gee, I can't say that I've ever thought of my computer equipment as being of
one gender or the other.. except maybe when you are referring to male/female
cables. :)

Bryan

----- Original Message -----
From: Olle Hedman <oh@hem.passagen.se>
To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: A89: AP Calculus


>
> "he" is ofcourse my ti89. I have always seen him as a he.
> I dont know..  I have always seen my computer equipment as male.
> I know most (males at least) see their computer equipment as female.
> I dont really care..
>
> file://Olle
>
>
> Bryan Rabeler wrote:
> >
> > Who is "he"?
> >
> > Bryan
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Olle Hedman <oh@hem.passagen.se>
> > To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 3:12 AM
> > Subject: Re: A89: AP Calculus
> >
> > >
> > > I think the 89 fails slightly in its algebraic generaly..
> > > take this simple one:
> > >
> > > ((x-x^3)/(x^3+x^2))/((x^2-2x+1)/(x^2-2x))  (example from a book I
have)
> > >
> > > the 89 solves it very correctly to: -(x-2)/(x-1)
> > >
> > > but a much nicer way to write this is: (x-2)/(1-x)
> > > and what is much more important,
> > > he forgets to tell me that x can't be -1, 0 or 2.
> > >
> > > file://Olle
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Zoltan Kocsi wrote:
> > > >
> > > >  > > sin^2(x)
> > > >  >
> > > >  > Um, try (sin(x))^2.
> > > >
> > > > Well, thanks :-)
> > > > I know how to enter it to the calculator - I wasn't mentioning
> > > > syntax errors, was I ? I wrote sin^2(x) because that's how a
textbook
> > > > would write it (at least the ones I read :-):
> > > >
> > > >    2
> > > > sin  x
> > > >
> > > > and I was talking about a trivial algebraic transformation, not
actual
> > > > numeric calculation.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Zoltan
> > >
> > >
>
>



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