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John Kennedy
Mathematics Department
Santa Monica College
1900 Pico Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
jkennedy@smc.edu
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CALC.EXE is a general purpose calculator, using
reverse Polish logic, that works with five basic data types: real
numbers, complex numbers, fractions, integers (with binary logic,
base b=2, b=8, b=10, or b=16), and polynomials. The real numbers
have between 19 and 20 significant digits. Real number functions
include, in addition to the usual functions, factorials, permutations,
combinations, prime factorizations of integers, greatest common
factor, least common multiple, and the group order of one integer
modulo another. The complex number functions include also complex
values for nth roots, complex powers, etc. In fraction mode you
can perform basic operations on fractions which may be displayed
in both improper and mixed number form. There are special functions
for working with both simple and general continued fractions.
In the integer mode you can specify the word size in terms of
the number of bits per integer. In addition to normal arithmetic,
there are logical operators. The polynomial mode operators include
+,-,* and /. Polynomial division yields both quotient and remainder
polynomials. Any polynomial with integer coefficients can be completely
factored using exact rational linear factors. Polynomials may
be up to degree 25 and are easily entered, edited, and evaluated.
Other special functions include the ability to determine the fixed
and periodic parts of any repeating decimal that represents any
fraction. In addition to base 10, repeating decimals may be analyzed
and displayed with respect to binary, octal, and hexadecimal formats.
Another special function converts any decimal to a simple continued
fraction and displays all the convergent terms as fractions and
decimals. There is a tutorial file, CALC.TXT, for first-time users.
(modified from calc.abs)
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Download jkcalc.zip [130 KB]. |
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