Basic calculations
Formal calculation
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Basic calculations
Formal calculation

Authors : Claude GOMEZ, Bruno SALVY

Publication date: April 10, 2008 | Lire en français

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1. Basic calculations

Most formal computation systems share the same basic features, which allow them to be used as "formal calculators." In this mode, all simple calculations—whether formal or numerical, including derivatives, integrals, and the plotting of curves or surfaces—are solved as user-friendly as possible.

1.1 Numbers

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1.1.1 Integers and rational numbers

The primary feature of formal computation is the manipulation of exact integers and rational numbers, unlike conventional programming languages (such as...

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