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  • Introduction to Symbolic Calculations
    Essential PTC Mathcad® Prime® 3.0, 2014
    Co-Authors: Brent Maxfield
    Abstract:

    You may be one of the many people who do not understand the power of using symbolic calculations. If so, by the end of this chapter you will have a new appreciation and understanding of the benefits of having this power tool in your PTC Mathcad Toolbox. Symbolic calculations return algebraic results rather than numeric results. PTC Mathcad has a sophisticated symbolic processor that can solve very complex problems algebraically. The symbolic processor is different from the numeric processor.

  • Essential PTC® Mathcad Prime® 3.0: A Guide for New and Current Users
    2013
    Co-Authors: Brent Maxfield
    Abstract:

    Learn how to use PTC® Mathcad Prime® 3.0, one of the world's leading tools for technical computing, in the context of engineering, science, and math applications. Quickly harness the power of PTC Mathcad Prime 3.0 to solve both simple and complex problems. Essential PTC® Mathcad Prime® 3.0 is perfect for college students, first-time users, and experienced Mathcad 15 users who are moving to PTC Mathcad Prime 3.0. Updated from Maxfield's popular Essential Mathcad, this book introduces the most powerful functions and features of the new PTC Mathcad Prime 3.0 software and teaches how to apply them to create comprehensive calculations for any quantitative subject. Examples from several fields demonstrate the power and utility of PTC Mathcad's tools while also demonstrating how users can eff ectively incorporate Microsoft® Excel spreadsheets into the software. Learn the basics faster: Chapter 1 introduces many fundamentals of Mathcad, allowing the reader to begin using the program in less time. Learn PTC Mathcad tools in context: Incorporates many applied examples and problems from a wide variety of disciplines. Thorough discussion of many PTC Mathcad tools: Units, arrays, plotting, solving, symbolic calculations, programming, algebra, calculus, differential equations, reading from files, writing to files, and incorporating MS Excel spreadsheets. Each copy of the book includes a code to download PTC® Mathcad Prime® 3.0 Student Edition, giving the user a full year of use from the time of installation. (The Student Edition software is intended for educational purposes only.) Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgements PART I BUILDING YOUR PTC Mathcad Toolbox CHAPTER 1 An Introduction to PTC Mathcad Prime 3.0 CHAPTER 2 PTC Mathcad Prime 3.0 for Current Mathcad 15 Users CHAPTER 3 Variables and Regions CHAPTER 4 Simple Functions CHAPTER 5 Units! PART II HAND TOOLS FOR YOUR PTC Mathcad Toolbox CHAPTER 6 Arrays, Vectors, and Matrices CHAPTER 7 Selected PTC Mathcad Functions CHAPTER 8 Plotting CHAPTER 9 Simple Logic Programming PART III POWER TOOLS FOR YOUR PTC Mathcad Toolbox CHAPTER 10 Introduction to Symbolic Calculations CHAPTER 11 Solving Engineering Equations CHAPTER 12 Advanced Programming CHAPTER 13 Calculus and Differential Equations PART IV CREATING AND ORGANIZING YOUR ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS WITH PTC Mathcad CHAPTER 14 Putting It All Together CHAPTER 15 PTC Mathcad Settings CHAPTER 16 Customizing PTC Mathcad CHAPTER 17 Templates CHAPTER 18 Assembling Calculations from Standard Calculation Worksheets CHAPTER 19 Microsoft Excel Component CHAPTER 20 Conclusion Appendix 1 PTC Mathcad Prime 3.0 Keyboard Shortcuts Appendix 2 Keyboard Shortcuts for Editing and Worksheet Management Appendix 3 Greek Letters Appendix 4 Built-In Constants and Variables Appendix 5 Reference Tables Index

  • Solving Engineering Equations
    Essential PTC Mathcad® Prime® 3.0, 2013
    Co-Authors: Brent Maxfield
    Abstract:

    Solving engineering equations is one of PTC Mathcad's most useful power tools. In Chapter 10 , we introduced the keyword “solve” with the symbolic evaluation operator. In Chapter 11, we will add more solving tools to your PTC Mathcad Toolbox. The intent of this chapter is to illustrate how engineering problems can be solved using the PTC Mathcad functions root , polyroots , and Find . Because these are some of the most useful functions for engineers, this chapter will use many examples to illustrate their use. When trying to solve for an equation, it is very useful to plot the equations. This helps to visualize the solution before using PTC Mathcad to solve the equations. Some of the functions discussed require initial guess values, thus a plot is useful to help select the initial guess.