TECHNICAL PHYSICS (PHY 1570)
Prince George's Community College
Spring 2024
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SOFTWARE
Here is some computer and calculator software you may find useful.
Calculator Programs
Calculator Models
- TI-83+, TI-84+ (TI models with Z80 processor)
- TI-89, TI-92, Voyage 200 (TI models with Motorola 68000 processor)
- HP 15C (HP RPN)
- HP 35S (HP RPN)
- HP 48, HP 50g (HP RPL)
- HP Prime (HP PPL)
Programs Available for Each Model
- Projectile Problem
- Kepler's Equation
- Hyperbolic Kepler's Equation
- Barker's Equation
- Reduction of an Angle
- Helmert's Equation
- Pendulum Period
- 1D Perfectly Elastic Collisions
Linear Regression
- Download the Linear Regression software.
- View the document All About Linear Regression.
Projectile Motion
Computer program PROJECTL.F90 will compute the launch angle needed to hit a target at coordinates (x,y). The program (written in Fortran-90) uses Newton's method to solve iteratively for the launch angle.- Text version
- PDF version
- Windows executable file (run from the command prompt)
Reverse Polish Notation Calculators
Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) is an efficient, stack-based method for operating an electronic calculator. Most Hewlett-Packard calculators (e.g. HP-35s and HP-50g) use RPN, as do a few programming languages like Forth. With a little practice, you'll find that RPN is much easier, faster, and less error-prone than the algebraic logic that comes built in to most calculators.Besides buying a Hewlett-Packard calculator, here are some other options if you'd like to try RPN:
- RPN III application for the TI-83+ calculator (from ticalc.org)
- Creative Creek Software sells the MathU RPN calculator for the iPhone, Palm OS, and Windows Mobile devices.
- Thomas Fors LLC sells the mid-range SCI-11C and high-end SCI-15C scientific calculators for the iPhone.
- Lygea Calculators sells the Pocket 10C SE Scientific Calculator for the BlackBerry, and the Pocket 15C SE Scientific Calculator for Windows Mobile devices.
- Free42 calculator is a re-implementation of the HP-42S RPN calculator for the iPhone, Windows, Pocket PC, Palm OS, Mac OS X, and Linux (x86).
- Excalibur calculator for Windows (freeware).
- Calc98 for Windows, Windows CE, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris (shareware).
Miscellaneous
- You might like to try out Microsoft Mathematics (free):
Wikipedia article - Download (for Windows) - Gorilla 2 game (illustrates projectile motion)
Contact Information
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