Chapter 1. Introdução
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# Chapter 1. Introdução

The Genius Mathematics Tool application is a general calculator for use as a desktop calculator, an educational tool in mathematics and other STEM fields, and has found use in research. The language used in Genius Mathematics Tool is designed to be ‘mathematical’ in the sense that it should be ‘what you mean is what you get’. Of course, that is not an entirely attainable goal. Genius Mathematics Tool features rationals, arbitrary precision integers and multiple precision floats using the GMP library. It handles complex numbers using cartesian notation. It has good vector and matrix manipulation and can handle basic linear algebra. The programming language allows user defined functions, variables, and parameters.

Genius Mathematics Tool comes in two versions. One version is the graphical GNOME version, which features an IDE style interface and the ability to plot functions of one or two variables. Parametric plots of curves are also supported. It can plot slope fields, vector fields and draw their solutions. The plots can be exported to several formats. The command line version does not require GNOME, but does not implement any feature that requires the graphical interface, such as plotting

Parts of this manual describe the graphical version of the calculator. The language that both versions use is the same, it is simply the graphical features such as plotting that are unique to the GUI version.

Generally, when some feature of the language (function, operator, etc...) is new in some version past 1.0.5, it is mentioned, but below 1.0.5 you would have to look at the NEWS file.

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