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[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/misc calc.texi
From: |
Jay Belanger |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/misc calc.texi |
Date: |
Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:54:39 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/emacs
Module name: emacs
Changes by: Jay Belanger <jpb> 09/01/27 01:54:39
Modified files:
doc/misc : calc.texi
Log message:
(Embedded Mode, Algebraic-Style Calculations): Make Calc the subject
of sentences.
(Rearranging Formulas using Selections): Discuss new options for `j *'.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/doc/misc/calc.texi?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
Patches:
Index: calc.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/doc/misc/calc.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.30
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -b -r1.30 -r1.31
--- calc.texi 8 Jan 2009 05:29:05 -0000 1.30
+++ calc.texi 27 Jan 2009 01:54:38 -0000 1.31
@@ -913,8 +913,8 @@
@end group
@end smallexample
-(Note that by default division had lower precedence than multiplication
-in Calc, so that @samp{1 / ln(x) x} is equivalent to @samp{1 / (ln(x) x)}.)
+(Note that by default, Calc gives division lower precedence than
multiplication,
+so that @samp{1 / ln(x) x} is equivalent to @samp{1 / (ln(x) x)}.)
To make this look nicer, you might want to press @kbd{d =} to center
the formula, and even @kbd{d B} to use Big display mode.
@@ -1758,9 +1758,9 @@
non-RPN calculators work. In Algebraic mode, you enter formulas
in traditional @expr{2+3} notation.
address@hidden:} Note that @samp{/} has lower precedence than
address@hidden, so that @samp{a/b*c} is interpreted as @samp{a/(b*c)}. See
-below for details.
address@hidden:} Calc gives @samp{/} lower precedence than @samp{*}, so
+that @samp{a/b*c} is interpreted as @samp{a/(b*c)}; this is not
+standard across all computer languages. See below for details.
You don't really need any special ``mode'' to enter algebraic formulas.
You can enter a formula at any time by pressing the apostrophe (@kbd{'})
@@ -21921,24 +21921,33 @@
selected quotient or equation by that formula. It simplifies each
side with @kbd{a s} (@code{calc-simplify}) before re-forming the
quotient or equation. You can suppress this simplification by
-providing any numeric prefix argument. There is also a @kbd{j /}
+providing a prefix argument: @kbd{C-u j *}. There is also a @kbd{j /}
(@code{calc-sel-div-both-sides}) which is similar to @kbd{j *} but
dividing instead of multiplying by the factor you enter.
-As a special feature, if the numerator of the quotient is 1, then
-the denominator is expanded at the top level using the distributive
-law (i.e., using the @kbd{C-u -1 a x} command). Suppose the
-formula on the stack is @samp{1 / (sqrt(a) + 1)}, and you wish
-to eliminate the square root in the denominator by multiplying both
-sides by @samp{sqrt(a) - 1}. Calc's default simplifications would
-change the result @samp{(sqrt(a) - 1) / (sqrt(a) - 1) (sqrt(a) + 1)}
-right back to the original form by cancellation; Calc expands the
-denominator to @samp{sqrt(a) (sqrt(a) - 1) + sqrt(a) - 1} to prevent
-this. (You would now want to use an @kbd{a x} command to expand
-the rest of the way, whereupon the denominator would cancel out to
-the desired form, @samp{a - 1}.) When the numerator is not 1, this
-initial expansion is not necessary because Calc's default
-simplifications will not notice the potential cancellation.
+If the selection is a quotient with numerator 1, then Calc's default
+simplifications would normally cancel the new factors. To prevent
+this, when the @kbd{j *} command is used on a selection whose numerator is
+1 or -1, the denominator is expanded at the top level using the
+distributive law (as if using the @kbd{C-u 1 a x} command). Suppose the
+formula on the stack is @samp{1 / (a + 1)} and you wish to multiplying the
+top and bottom by @samp{a - 1}. Calc's default simplifications would
+normally change the result @samp{(a - 1) /(a + 1) (a - 1)} back
+to the original form by cancellation; when @kbd{j *} is used, Calc
+expands the denominator to @samp{a (a - 1) + a - 1} to prevent this.
+
+If you wish the @kbd{j *} command to completely expand the denominator
+of a quotient you can call it with a zero prefix: @kbd{C-u 0 j *}. For
+example, if the formula on the stack is @samp{1 / (sqrt(a) + 1)}, you may
+wish to eliminate the square root in the denominator by multiplying
+the top and bottom by @samp{sqrt(a) - 1}. If you did this simply by using
+a simple @kbd{j *} command, you would get
address@hidden(sqrt(a)-1)/ (sqrt(a) (sqrt(a) - 1) + sqrt(a) - 1)}. Instead,
+you would probably want to use @kbd{C-u 0 j *}, which would expand the
+bottom and give you the desired result @samp{(sqrt(a)-1)/(a-1)}. More
+generally, if @kbd{j *} is called with an argument of a positive
+integer @var{n}, then the denominator of the expression will be
+expanded @var{n} times (as if with the @kbd{C-u @var{n} a x} command).
If the selection is an inequality, @kbd{j *} and @kbd{j /} will
accept any factor, but will warn unless they can prove the factor
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