Kris Stewart
Abstract
The affordability of microcomputers makes them a practical tool for scientific computations and development of algorithms as well as a dramatic teaching aid. A package of mathematical software called SCRUNCH (1) is available to run in BASIC on moderate sized microcomputers (at least 8K and preferably 16K program space) to aid in the above tasks. SCRUNCH consists of translations of FORTRAN routines taken from three excellent sources:
- Kris Stewart, Numerical computations on very small machines, Calif. Software, 704 Solana Ave., Albany, CA 94706, 1979 (Source code is available in North Star and CP/M BASIC on diskette.)Google Scholar
- G. E. Forsythe, M. A. Malcolm, and C. B. Moler, Computer methods for mathematical computations, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1977. Google ScholarDigital Library
- L. F. Shampine and R. C. Allen, Jr., Numerical computing: an introduction, W. B. Saunders, 1973. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Cleve B. Moler, Matrix eigenvalue and Least Squares computations, Computer Science Dept. Course Notes, Stanford University, 1974.Google Scholar
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