Contents of the Microscope Manual
0. About This Manual
1. Introduction
1.1 Multivariate Interpolation and Approximation
1.2 The Basic Approach
1.3 The Alphanumerical Display
1.4 Summary
2. Applications
2.1 Interpolation
2.2 Smoothness
2.3 Degree of Precision
2.4 Degree of a Polynomial
3. Using MICROSCOPE
3.1 The MCRSCP Routine
3.2 The Command Mode
3.3 A Discontinuity in the Second Derivative
4. A Detailed Description of Features and Commands
4.1 Round-Off Effects
4.2 Derivatives of Step Functions
4.3 The Window
4.4 Reference Table of Commands
4.5 Commands to Control the Display
4.6 Commands to Control the Point of Examination
4.7 Commands to Control the Direction of Investigation
4.8 Commands to Control Accuracy, the and Round-Off Effects
4.9 Commands to Control Execution
4.10 Commands to Obtain On-Line Help
4.11 Commands to Keep a Record
4.12 Commands to Analyze Cross Derivatives
4.13 Programming MICROSCOPE
4.14 The PLOT command for obtaining a < PLOT79> Display
4.15 User Intervention
4.16 Default settings
5. Installation Guide
5.1 Description of the Package
5.2 A Key to Selecting the Appropriate Files
Appendix I: Numerical Differentiation
I.1 The Round-Off Threshold
I.2 Round-off versus Truncation Errors
I.3 Derivatives of Step Functions
Appendix II: Organization of MICROSCOPE
II.1 Organization of the Program Package
II.2 Sampling Scheme and Logic
II.3 Common Blocks
Appendix III: The Test Package
References
Acknowledgements
Fine print, your comments, more links, Peter Alfeld, PA1MI
[16-Aug-1996]