DESIGNING SYMBOLIC VECTOR CALCULUS PACKAGE IN COMPUTER ALGEBRA SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT

This paper presents a Computer Algebra System (CAS) package, Interactive Learning-Mathematica Enhanced Vector Calculus (ILMEV), specifically designed to assist users in performing the tasks that involves vector calculus. The design of ILMEV system is divided into four parts:...

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Main Authors: Yuzita Yaacob, Stanley Steinbergh, Michael Wester
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UKM Press 2014-06-01
Series:Asia-Pacific Journal of Information Technology and Multimedia
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Online Access:https://www.ukm.my/apjitm/view.php?id=102
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Summary:This paper presents a Computer Algebra System (CAS) package, Interactive Learning-Mathematica Enhanced Vector Calculus (ILMEV), specifically designed to assist users in performing the tasks that involves vector calculus. The design of ILMEV system is divided into four parts: (i) content, (ii) interfaces, (iii) features,and (iv) mathematical environment. An easy to use interface was developed in ILMEV with the purpose of (i) allowing students access to the power of a CAS without having to struggle with the CAS’s syntax for formula entry, editing and mathematical operations, (ii) implementing CAS pedagogical concepts efficiently and (iii) providing a suitable mathematical environment to develop symbolic integration algorithms
ISSN:2289-2192