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# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
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# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
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mathomatic: Mathomatic (a small, portable Computer Algebra System)
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mathomatic:
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mathomatic: This is a console mode application that does symbolic math and
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mathomatic: quick calculations in a standard and generalized way.
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mathomatic: Mathomatic is designed to be as general an easy to use as general.
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mathomatic: It implements most of the rules of algebra for addition, subtraction,
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mathomatic: multiplication, division, modulo division, and all forms of
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mathomatic: exponentiation. All arithmetic is double precision floating point
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mathomatic: with up to 14 decimal digits accuracy. It is hoped that Mathomatic
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mathomatic: will show you the true perfect beauty that is mathematics, and be
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mathomatic: a useful calculating tool, too.
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