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The calculator and calculus packages: Use \LaTeX as a scientific calculator.
-Robert Fuster, 2012
+Robert Fuster, 2012, 2014
1. Licence
@@ -11,26 +11,37 @@ This material is subject to the LaTeX Project Public License.
See http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/licenses.lppl.html
for the details of that license.
+2. Changes in version 2.0
+-------------------------
+- Inverse trigonometric and inverse hyperbolic functions are added
+ (this completes the typical elementary functions)
-2. About the packages
----------------------
+- Also vector (cross) product and angle between vectors can be evaluated
+
+- New length operations
+
+- ... and some other minor additions and changes
+3. About the packages
+---------------------
The calculator and calculus packages define several instructions which allow us
-to realize algebraic operations and to evaluate elementary functions and derivatives
-in our documents.
+to realize algebraic operations and to evaluate elementary functions
+and derivatives in our documents.
-My main goal is to define the arithmetic and functional claculations I need in my
-package "xpicture" (http://www.upv.es/~rfuster/xpicture), but the numeric abilities
-of "calculator" and "calculus" may be useful in other contexts.
+My main goal is to define the arithmetic and functional calculations I need in
+my package "xpicture"
+(http://ctan.org/pkg/xpicture, http://www.upv.es/~rfuster/xpicture),
+but the numeric abilities of "calculator" and "calculus" may be useful
+in other contexts.
-2.1 The calculator package
+3.1 The calculator package
--------------------------
-
The operations implemented by the calculator package include
- arithmetical calculations with real and integer numbers
- two and three dimensional vectors and matrices arithmetics
-- computation of powers, square roots, trigonometrical, exponential, logarithmic and
- hyperbolic functions.
+- computation of powers, square roots, trigonometric, exponential,
+ logarithmic, hyperbolic, inverse trigonometric
+ and inverse hyperbolic functions.
In addition, some important numbers, such as pi, sqrt(2) or e, are predefined.
@@ -56,7 +67,7 @@ c) More complex calculations:
\SQRT{7.25}{\tempa}
\DIVIDE{\numberPI}{7}{\tempb}
\COS{\tempb}{\tempc}
- \MULTIPLY{\tempa}{\tempa}{\sol}
+ \MULTIPLY{\tempa}{\tempc}{\sol}
Then, the value 2.42589 is stored in \sol.
@@ -68,13 +79,13 @@ d) Vectors and matrices:
---> \sola, \solb, \solc, \sold equals 1, 0, 2, 3.
-2.2. The calculus package
+3.2. The calculus package
-------------------------
-
-This package adds to the calculator package several utilities to use and define
+This package adds to the calculator package several utilities to use and define
real functions and their derivatives, including elementary functions,
operations with functions, vector-valuated functions polar coordinates.
-When you call a "function", this function ant its derivative are evaluated simultaneously.
+When you call a "function", this function ant its derivative are evaluated
+simultaneously.
Examples:
@@ -94,40 +105,36 @@ with the following code:
Then, \functionF{num}{\sol}{\Dsol} stores f(num) and f'(num) in \sol and \Dsol.
-3. Installation and documentation
+4. Installation and documentation
---------------------------------
+1. Compile the installation file "calculator.ins",
-By compiling the source file "calculator.dtx" in the following sequence
+ >> latex calculator.ins
->> pdflatex calculator.dtx
->> makeindex -s gind.ist -o calculator.ind calculator.idx
->> makeindex -s gglo.ist -o calculator.gls calculator.glo
->> pdflatex calculator.dtx
+ to generate the two essential files,
-several files will be generated:
+ "calculator.sty" and "calculus.sty".
+
+ Move these two files where LaTeX search for
+ (typically, in a local texmf tree, at tex/latex/calculator)
+ and refresh the file database.
- "calculator.sty" and "calculus.sty" (the packages).
- Move these two files where LaTeX search for (typically, in a local texmf tree,
- at tex/latex/calculator) and refresh the file database.
+2. To have the documentation and user's manual, "calculator.pdf",
+ compile the source file "calculator.dtx" in the following sequence:
- "calculator.pdf" (the user manual)
+ >> pdflatex calculator.dtx
+ >> makeindex -s gind.ist -o calculator.ind calculator.idx
+ >> makeindex -s gglo.ist -o calculator.gls calculator.glo
+ >> pdflatex calculator.dtx
+ >> pdflatex calculator.dtx
In addition, many small files, named "calculatorNN.tex" are generated.
These files contain the source code of all examples included in the manual.
You can store or discard this files.
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Robert Fuster
rfuster@mat.upv.es
-Universitat Polit\`ecnica de Val\`encia, 2012/05/19
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