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]