Contemporaneous symbolic and numeric presentation
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsJinsong Yu, William Kunz
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Abstract
A piece of software running on either a computer or a calculator for receiving a mathematical expression is described. The mathematical expression is evaluated to obtain its symbolic result. If the symbolic result can be resolved to its numeric result, the software executes to obtain the numeric result. The software displays contemporaneously the symbolic result and the numeric result.
Claims17
A method for presenting mathematical calculations, comprising:
- receiving a mathematical expression as input to a computer-executable program;
- and
- displaying contemporaneously a symbolic result based on the resolution of the mathematical expression and a numeric result based on the resolution of symbolic result.
A computer for calculating mathematical expressions, comprising:
- a microprocessor on which a piece of software is executing for receiving a mathematical expression as input and for resolving the mathematical expression to its symbolic result and numeric result;
- and
- a display on which the input, the symbolic result, and the numeric result are presented.
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for implementing a method for presenting mathematical calculations, comprising:
- receiving a mathematical expression as input to a computer-executable program;
- and
- displaying contemporaneously a symbolic result based on the resolution of the mathematical expression and a numeric result based on the resolution of the symbolic result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.