Myron Lite Algebra & Calculus

Still doing algebra using paper and pencil? working problems at the end of the chapter until you get good at it? You're not alone. That's still a good way to learn math. Except maybe the pencil part. And the paper part. But definitely the working-the-problems part.

What if there was a way to make the paper and pencil smarter? What if there was a way to eliminate the mind-numbing, error-prone part of math? That's where Myron comes in. You tell Myron what the next step is. Myron does it. Then you, then Myron, then ... (that means "repeat here, many times"), then voila: problem solved! No, wait; that's not right. "Hey Myron, lets go back four steps to where I tried that u-substitution and use a different formula." Then you, then Myron, ... (remember what ... means?), then voila: problem solved! "Hey, Myron, show me all the steps I made." "Hey, Myron, what does that look like when I plot it?" "Hey, Myron, what does 'complete the square' mean?". "Hey, Myron, e-mail all that stuff to my friend, Sue."

Myron is a computer algebra system. It supports symbolic manipulation of real algebra, Boolean Algebra and Linear Algebra expressions. Manipulations include simplification, commutation, factorization, distribution and substitution as well as many more transformations specific to scalar, set, tuple, matrix and polynomial expressions. Got a transformation Myron doesn't know about? Teach it to Myron and use it in other problem exercises.

Myron also performs differentiation and integration. It can be used to solve most Calculus problems found in the first two semesters of post-secondary Calculus courses.

Myron comes with builtin documentation that explains everything you need to get rid of that pencil and paper, toss the calculator and do math.

The lite version performs the same mathematical transformations as the full version but has the following restrictions:
•the algebra display only allows you to have 3 expressions at a time
• the plotter only allows you to plot 2 expressions at a time (except for sliders)
•actions relating to files are disallowed; you can't save or restore a set of expressions from the file system.
•email is disallowed; you can't email a set of expressions to another user
•transforms are disabled; you can view and edit transforms, but you can't apply them
•books are disabled; you can only read the builtin documentation