An Introduction to MathCAD More Symbolic Maths And First Steps in Calculus

2 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Live Symbolic Calculation u Use Symbol Toolbar Symbolic Evaluation Operator Evaluation with Keywords

3 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Live Symbolic Calculation  u u Evaluate & Simplify by default

4 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Evaluation with Keywords  u Type.

5 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Substitute u Uses boolean equals = =

6 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Solve –Will solve expressions or equations for variables –If = omitted assumes =0

7 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 The Calculus Toolbar u Accessed from View|Toolbars|Calculus u Or by clicking on integral sign on palette u Contains shortcuts for common calculus operations

8 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 The Calculus Toolbar

9 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Summations u Summations and Product available u 2 forms: –Existing range variable –Create new range variable

10 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 e x defined as: Define MyE function to give an approximation of order n Calculating e

11 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Calculating e

12 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Derivatives u Numeric & Symbolic

13 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Derivatives #2

14 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Integrals u From Calculus Toolbar u Symbolic & Numeric Evaluation