University calculators

[edryer]

Interestingly I was scanning a few UK University sites such as Imperial (a world class University on par with Oxford/Cambridge in the UK), Edinburgh and Herriot Watt Universities amongst others and found that they all recommend even now in 2018, that the Calculator of choice and the only ones permitted in Maths/Science exams are the Casio FX-85WA (preferred) and a few FX-83/85's of other variants.

I researched a little and see it was launched in 1998 for £8.75 (likely around $12 then) and was only recently withdrawn, so a twenty year stretch....

Anyway I purchased one used for £2.50 (+£1.50 postage) = well under $10.... and it has arrived... I started doing some simple Matrix determinants/inverses/arithmetic by hand... 2x2 simple transformations.... I now know why I prefer the HP-50G!!

Interestingly it has dedicated non-shifted x to the three and cubed root keys.

It seems for advanced Maths degrees at leading Universities they make you think.... nothing beyond basic Algebra/Trig/Statistics functions. yes, enough I am sure, but what work!