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I have a couple issues with that kind of software, right now I have two calculators that I use on a regular basis as an engineering student an HP35s for most ca

by wwortiz 16y ago

I have a couple issues with that kind of software, right now I have two calculators that I use on a regular basis as an engineering student an HP35s for most calculations (RPN is crazy fast, and I need buttons so I don't think I'd like phone software) and my TI89 which is basically pocket matlab and is probably something that isn't going to move to phone software anytime soon. As for schooling calculators will always be the norm as they don't have wireless access (yet) and so on. I know no math classes really allow calculators but plenty of math intensive classes require calculators to do exams which is something a phone can't replace.

timwiseman 16y ago
I know no math classes really allow calculators but plenty of math intensive classes require calculators to do exams which is something a phone can't replace. I must beg to differ, the last time I took a math class that forbid calculators was high school. Now, many math classes I have taken restrict the type of calculators you can use, but that is different. Of course, a calculator will do you little good in a class on theoretical math, but they have been allowed at least in the math classes I have taken.
- krschultz 16y ago
  I dunno, I took 8 semesters of math in college and never used a calculator in any of the classes. Didn't really use it on exams in other classes either - everything was all variables. I did use it for homeworks. I'd be hard pressed to replace it with a iPhone app though, for one thing my calculator is a lot bigger and it is still pressed for space for buttons.
- yummyfajitas 16y ago
  Not sure why you are being downmodded. I was never allowed a calculator in math classes (about 10 years ago), but it was allowed in every other undergrad science class. In grad courses, there would have been little point since it was uncommon to see a number besides e, i, pi and -1 (occasionally also a 2 or sqrt(2)).

by wwortiz 16y ago

timwiseman 16y ago

I know no math classes really allow calculators but plenty of math intensive classes require calculators to do exams which is something a phone can't replace. I must beg to differ, the last time I took a math class that forbid calculators was high school. Now, many math classes I have taken restrict the type of calculators you can use, but that is different. Of course, a calculator will do you little good in a class on theoretical math, but they have been allowed at least in the math classes I have taken.

krschultz 16y ago
I dunno, I took 8 semesters of math in college and never used a calculator in any of the classes. Didn't really use it on exams in other classes either - everything was all variables. I did use it for homeworks. I'd be hard pressed to replace it with a iPhone app though, for one thing my calculator is a lot bigger and it is still pressed for space for buttons.
yummyfajitas 16y ago
Not sure why you are being downmodded. I was never allowed a calculator in math classes (about 10 years ago), but it was allowed in every other undergrad science class. In grad courses, there would have been little point since it was uncommon to see a number besides e, i, pi and -1 (occasionally also a 2 or sqrt(2)).