7 Essential iPhone Apps For Math Majors
By admin On July 11th, 2011Math majors have so much work to do with all that thinking and calculating that they may not realize just how far iPhone apps for math majors have come in recent years. The right iPhone apps can speed up those calculations and you can have more time for activities that are not math related. Or for even more math fun if that’s your thing. Either way, here are 7 essential iPhone that all math majors can benefit from.
Wolfram Alpha
This app is impressive. It can help you with everything from the most basic math problems to advanced calculus and statistics. Best of all, it doesn’t just spit out the answer but can help you to understand by showing you the steps that it took to reach that answer. This tool will grow with you as a math major and will be there to help throughout your school years.
Calcbot
Calcbot is a calculator that you can use on your iPhone. Your iPhone does already possess a basic calculator but it’s nothing like Calcbot. With Calcbot you get all the scientific functions. Also, itkeeps a record of the calculations that you have done in case you need to revisit them later.
Appolonius
This app was made for those times when you venture into the world of geometry. You can create constructions on the screen and then play around with those constructions easily until you have the right sizes, angles, and distances for the geometry problem that you are trying to puzzle out. This app can even handle complicated constructions so your needs aren’t likely to outgrow its capabilities.
Math Ref
This is a stellar math resource that gives you access to formulas, example problems, and tips. In fact, it gives you over 1,400 of these helpful and easily searchable tidbits for whenever you might need them. This app is tried-and-true and needs to be part of your app collection.
Mathomatic
This iPhone app zeroes in on algebraic equations and teaching you how to solve them. You will see not only the answers to problems but also the steps that led to the answers so that you can understand how to solve these problems yourself when the need arises. This is another app that you can’t miss because it can teach you how to do what you need to do instead of just doing it for you.
Formul8 – Formulas For Math, Science, And Chemistry
While this app has a broader scope than just mathematics, it is still an essential iPhone app. It gives you formulas from many different areas of math including algebra, trigonometry, and calculus.
MathU RPN Calc
This is another calculator but this one was created by a student at MIT. It gives you more than 80 functions to play with so you need to have it. Odds are that it will be able to help you with more complex calculations when other calculators come up short. It may be a bit much to have when you just need to do simple calculations but it is essential that you have the ability to do more when you need to.
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