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Re: Factoring
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Apr 15, 1998 12:49 PM
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So does Derive. Also a TI85 can plot implicit functions given the correct program.
>Mathematica does plot implicit functions. > > >At 10:13 PM -0400 4/13/98, Dave Slomer wrote: >>>> Better Effort #2 >>> >>>Until technology can plot implicit functions, you need to complete the >>>square (factoring) to get many functions into y= form. >> >> >>Of course, any symbol manipulator worth its salt has no trouble solving >>quadratics for y as 2 functions of x, at which point, we plot both. > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Jerry Uhl juhl@ncsa.uiuc.edu >Professor of Mathematics 1409 West Green Street >University of Illinois Urbana,Illinois 61801 >Calculus&Mathematica Development Team > >Any fool can know. The point is to understand. >------Albert Einstein > >http://www-cm.math.uiuc.edu >http://www-cm.math.uiuc.edu/dep > > > > > > >
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