Integrate question

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(10-21-2017 06:59 AM)StephenG1CMZ Wrote:  As a complete novice at CAS I would be interested in some CAS training.
My maths tuition was before calculators were commonplace.

For my own needs an online/downloadable/free course in English,.would be useful.
Mon francais est peu.

Is there anywhere listing the courses/training that are available?

Stephen:

If you are asking for CAS training as it relates to the prime specifically, there are various documents around, which you probably already know.

If you are asking about CAS training, in general, there aren't any official courses, that I know of. I don't think the subject matter has evolved to a state of the art that it can actually become a trainable topic, since there are a variety of CAS systems.

If you are not asking a loaded question (in which you already knew the answer), look into wxMaxima. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxima_(software)
As a free CAS system, with roots at MIT, there are lots of on line resources to help navigate the learning curve. (and I have no connection to this product, just a reference, for a fellow ham!)

The prime is a great hand held device. Bernard Parisse is an excellent master of the technology that underpins it. I am but a lowly consumer of a product I purchased to use as a tool to make my math tasks easier, in much the same way as one who purchases an electric saw might, to cut material. I imagine many of us, (with all due respect for its progenitors), buy products without even a second thought who the originator, or it's development team, might be. If the usefulness of the product meets, or exceeds, the tasks encountered, then mission accomplished! Surely, success can't hurt future sales ... I probably would look to that company for future needs.

Of course, I know there are a LOT of hp groupies around. They buy hp calcs, just for the logo! I might have a little of that in me, too. The first hp calc I bought was an hp 25, and I haven't missed too many of its siblings to date! During my work career I even wore a few of them out! I think I still have an hp-48 that I used for telemetry SCADA system maintenance. It has a lot of battle scars, but probably still works. So handy to have had that serial port ....