University calculators

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(12-19-2018 08:56 AM)rkf Wrote:  Haha, when my daughter was studying for her joined Mathematics and Linguistics degree at the University of York, out of my big calculator collection (mostly HP and TI) only a Canon F-788dx got the faculty sticker on it!

That is not one bad calculator )) It can do Matrix and Vector arithmetic, Integration/Differentiation and Complex numbers!

Lucky that one passed!

Quote:I always thought anyway that mathematicians do not need/use calculators. They provide the theory, but they don't do the calculations.

Very rarely do I use a calculator much with Algebra, unless it is a series of monotonous steps, such as with Matrices, Trig obviously needed... but I think you are right, with a lot of symbolic manipulation at a higher level much need for a calculator is superfluous. I went through an entire Computer Science degree with some Maths without using a Calculator once!