Index of Special Pages

This is a special index to various general pages that have been developed for some of the courses. The pages are listed under general headings.

Transferring Program Files

TI Transfer: This is a web page that walks you through the steps to transfer a program from one TI calculator to another within the TI-83/83-Plus/84-Plus family.

Simulation

bat_main: This is an index of various forms of the Battleship Game used to demonstrate the coordinate number plane and the distance formula.
glassrod: A simulation of dropping a glass rod, having break in two places, and observing how often the resulting three pieces form a triangle.
tree_sim: Does a simulation of three strains of trees with respect to their fruit-bearing characteristics. This is a simulation that was developed to show different distributions that all have the same mean, along with the idea of random events.

TI-Calculator -- Complex Numbers

TI-Calculator -- Factoring

factpair: Page that presents a program that helps in finding pairs of factors for integers. This is useful in the context of factoring trinomials by the "splitting the middle term" method.
Trinomial Factoring, using "Split the Middle Term", over integers: Page that presents, and explains, a program that helps in performing the "splitting the middle term" method for factoring trinomials with integer coefficients, if there is an integer factorization.
Trinomial Factoring, version2 with nice output: Page that presents a program that helps in performing the "splitting the middle term" method for factoring trinomials with integer coefficients, if there is an integer factorization. This version produces a much nicer looking output than does the earlier version of the program.
getprime for the TI-83: Page that presents a program that produces the prime factorization of an integer for the TI-83.
getprime for the TI-85 and TI-86: Page that presents a program that produces the prime factorization of an integer for the TI-85 and TI-86.

TI-Calculator -- Finance

intcv: Page that presents programs that helps in computing compound interest.
effrt1: Page that presents programs that helps in computing effective rates.
prsntval: Page that presents programs that helps in computing present values.
annuity: Page that presents programs that helps in computing annuity values.
findr: Page that presents programs that helps in computing required rent amounts for annuities.
loanamnt: Page that presents programs that helps in computing required payments for a loan, Showalter version.
loanamt1: Page that presents programs that helps in computing required payments for a loan, alternate version.

TI-Calculator -- General Use

tech3101: Introduction to using the TI-83 with respect to rational numbers.
tech3102: Introduction to using the TI-83 with respect to irrational numbers.
tech3103: Introduction to changing the MODE on the TI-83 with respect to displayed digits.
tech6101: Introduction to using the TI-86 with respect to rational numbers.
quotient.83p: The TI-83 version of a program to convert a fraction to a decimal representation without regard to the number of digits required.
quotient.85p: The TI-85 version of a program to convert a fraction to a decimal representation without regard to the number of digits required.
quotient.86p: The TI-86 version of a program to convert a fraction to a decimal representation without regard to the number of digits required.
quotient.89p: The TI-89 version of a program to convert a fraction to a decimal representation without regard to the number of digits required.
tech6102: Introduction to using the TI-86 with respect to irrational numbers.
reducing radicals: A page giving the listings, links to, and sample use of a program to reduce radicals on the TI-83.
reducing radicals: A page giving the listings, links to, and sample use of a program to reduce radicals on the TI-85 and TI-86
tech6103: Introduction to changing the MODE on the TI-86 with respect to displayed digits.

TI-Calculator -- Graphing

TI-Calculator -- Keyboard

TI-Calculator -- Matrix Operations

mat_op85: Demonstration of performing basic Matrix operations on the TI-85. This is based on doing a set of problems from the 181 textbook, but the ideas are quite general.
mat_op86: Demonstration of performing basic Matrix operations on the TI-86. This is based on doing a set of problems from the 181 textbook, but the ideas are quite general.
mat_op89: Demonstration of performing basic Matrix operations on the TI-89. This is based on doing a set of problems from the 181 textbook, but the ideas are quite general.

TI-Calculator -- Quadratic Formula

quad: Evaluation of the quadratic formula on the TI-83, version 0. This version gives rational solutions and approximations to irrational solutions.
quad86: Evaluation of the quadratic formula on the TI-86 and TI-85, version 0. This version gives rational solutions and approximations to irrational solutions.
quad1: Evaluation of the quadratic formula on the TI-83, version 1 (with links to similar TI-85 and TI-86 programs). This version expands upon version 0 by producing the exact irrational solutions.
quad2: Evaluation of the quadratic formula on the TI-83, version 2 (with links to similar TI-85 and TI-86 programs). This version expands upon version 1 by producing the exact real and complex solutions.

TI-Calculator -- Regression

regexmp: Not a calculator demonstration, but rather a general explanation of linear regression.
linr85: Step through doing a linear regression problem on a TI-85.
linr86: Step through doing a linear regression problem on a TI-85.

TI-Calculator -- Scientific Notation

TI-83 Scientific Notation: Scientific Notation on the TI-83
TI-85 and TI-86 Scientific Notation: Scientific Notation on the TI-85 or TI-86

TI-Calculator -- Simplex Method

simplex: A demonstration of the SM2 program written to perform the Simplex method as described in the text book on the TI-85 and TI-86 calculators.
SM2 for the TI-85: The compiled program for the TI-85: to be downloaded and transfered via GraphLink.
SM2 for the TI-86: The compiled program for the TI-86: to be downloaded and transfered via GraphLink.
SM2 for the TI-89: The compiled program for the TI-89: to be downloaded and transfered via GraphLink.
SM2 for the TI-92Plus: The compiled program for the TI-92Plus: to be downloaded and transfered via GraphLink.

TI-Calculator -- Solving Sytems of Linear Equations

se_main: This is a page that is an index to numerous pages that demonstrate solving systems of linear equations using the TI-85 or TI-86 calculator.

TI-Calculator -- Tables

ti83_tbl: This is a page introduces and demonstrates the TABLE feature on the TI-83 calculator.
ti86_tbl: This is a page introduces and demonstrates the TABLE feature on the TI-86 calculator.