Fun Mathematics On Your Microcomputer (GB)
Czes Kosniowski
Cambridge University Press, 1983
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 Fun Mathematics.d64 |
33 programs
Chapter 1: And so on... forever
| Program | Author | Requirements | Files | Info |
Arithmetic Sequences Pages 7-9. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | arithmetic seq.prg Screenshot |
Calculate an arithmetic sequence where the difference between each number is constant. For example, suppose you are given £10 this week with a promise to increase this amount by £2 for every subsequent week. What is the total amount you will have received after fifteen weeks? Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Geometric Sequences Pages 10-12. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | geometric seq.prg Screenshot |
Calculate a geometric sequence where the ratio between each number is constant. For example, suppose you are given £10 this week with a promise to increase this amount by 10% for every subsequent week. What is the total amount you will have received after fifteen weeks? Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Harmonic Series Pages 14-16. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | harmonic series.prg Screenshot |
The harmonic series is 1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 etc. where the sum gets larger even though the fractions get smaller. This calculates the sum of the harmonic series with a desired number of terms. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Calculating SIN(X) Pages 19-21. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | calculating sin.prg Screenshot |
Calculate the sine of an angle in radians. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Sequences and Series Pages 22-23. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | sequence series.prg Screenshot |
Single program comprising: Arithmetic Sequences, Geometric Sequences, Harmonic Series and Calculating SIN(X). Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Intelligence Test Pages 24-28. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | intelligen test.prg Screenshot |
Quiz. Test your intelligence by answering ten problems. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Chapter 2: Up and down, round and round
| Program | Author | Requirements | Files | Info |
Graph Plotting Pages 29-39. |
Czes Kosniowski | 3K expansion | graph plot 3k.prg Screenshot |
Use cartesian coordinates to draw a hi-res plot of five interesting formulas. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Polar Graphics Pages 40-45. |
Czes Kosniowski | 3K expansion | polar graph 3k.prg Screenshot |
Use polar coordinates to draw a hi-res plot of seven interesting formulas. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Chapter 3: 5 miles north, 4 miles east
| Program | Author | Requirements | Files | Info |
Treasure Hunt Pages 53-56. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | treasure hunt.prg Screenshot |
Logic game. Treasure is hidden beneath one of the bushes. You move from one bush to another, and pressing * will reveal how close the treasure is. The distance is only printed half the time, and X is displayed if the treasure is more than 10 away. Good players will find the treasure in three moves or less. Controls: U (up), D (down), L (left), R (right), * (show distance to treasure). |
Chapter 4: Stretching and shrinking
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Matrix Investigation Pages 61-63. |
Czes Kosniowski | 3K expansion | matrix inves 3k.prg Screenshot |
Use matrices to investigate the effects of rotating or stretching a hi-res picture. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Chapter 5: Playing the game
| Program | Author | Requirements | Files | Info |
Two-Person Zero-Sum Game Pages 66-73. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | two-person zero.prg Screenshot |
Use the simplex method to calculate the optimal solution for a two-person zero-sum game. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Investment Game Pages 75-78. |
Czes Kosniowski | 3K expansion | invest game 3k.prg Screenshot |
Strategy game. You have been given $1000 to invest in three companies called X, Y and Z. Each year you must decide how much to invest in each company. You are able to estimate the profit/loss per $1 for thee potential market states, together with the likelihood of each one occurring. Can you make a profit over 10 years? Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Approximate Game Analysis Pages 80-85. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | approx game anl.prg Screenshot |
Use an approximate strategy to calculate a solution for a two-person zero-sum game. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Chapter 6: Rearranging things
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Four Squares Pages 91-95. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | four squares.prg Screenshot |
Puzzle game. Arrange the four squares into clockwise alphabetical order. Controls: X (exchange top two squares), T (rotate all squares clockwise), * (end game). |
Sixteen Squares Pages 96-100. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | sixteen squares.prg Screenshot |
Puzzle game. Slides the tiles to arrange the squares into alphabetical order. Controls: U (up), D (down), L (left), R (right), * (end game). |
Twenty-Five Squares Pages 96-100. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | twenty-five sqr.prg Screenshot |
Puzzle game. Rotate groups of letters to arrange them into alphabetical order. Controls: 1-8 (rotate group), * (end game). |
Chapter 7: Wait
| Program | Author | Requirements | Files | Info |
Customer Arrivals 1 Pages 108-109. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | cust arrivals1.prg Screenshot |
Simulates arrival times for a situation where customers form a single queue to be served by multiple assistants. This version uses a Monte-Carlo formula requiring approx 60 random numbers. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Customer Arrivals 2 Pages 110-111. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | cust arrivals2.prg Screenshot |
Simulates arrival times for a situation where customers form a single queue to be served by multiple assistants. This version uses a Monte-Carlo formula requiring approx 600 random numbers. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Customer Arrivals 3 Pages 112-115. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | cust arrivals3.prg Screenshot |
Simulates arrival times for a situation where customers form a single queue to be served by multiple assistants. This version uses a Poisson formula requiring approx 10 random numbers. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Bank Queues Pages 115-119. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | bank queues.prg Screenshot |
Simulates one week in a bank. Enter the number of assistants & maximum queue length each day to see how this influences the number of customers lost. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Queue Analysis Pages 120-122. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | queue analysis.prg Screenshot |
Enter the customer arrival rate, customer service rate & number of assistants, to estimate the resulting queue length. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Boutiqueues Pages 123-128. |
Czes Kosniowski | 3K expansion | boutiqueues 3k.prg Screenshot |
Strategy game. You own a boutique that opens for 6 hours per day, 6 days per week. You must decide how many assistants to hire each day, whether to advertise, and whether to offer a 10% discount. Can you make a profit? Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Chapter 8: Pretty Pictures
| Program | Author | Requirements | Files | Info |
Surfaces Pages 135-137. |
Czes Kosniowski | 3K expansion | surfaces 3k.prg Screenshot |
Draw a hi-res 3D picture of five surfaces. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Contours Pages 138-144. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | contours.prg Screenshot |
Draw contour maps of seven formulas, where the colours show how high/low each part is. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Chapter 9: On the move
| Program | Author | Requirements | Files | Info |
Falling Stone Pages 147-148. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | falling stone.prg Screenshot |
Calculate the velocity and distance of a falling stone over a ten second period. Controls: None. |
Bouncing Ball Pages 148-152. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | bouncing ball.prg Screenshot |
Plot the movements of a bouncing ball. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Flight Pages 153-158. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | flight.prg Screenshot |
Simple flight simulator. You must launch a rocket powered aeroplane, reach a height of 500 metres, and land safely. Controls: Z (reduce thrust), C (increase thrust), B (reduce angle), M (increase angle). |
Flight With Fuel Page 159. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | flight fuel.prg Screenshot |
Simple flight simulator. You must launch a rocket powered aeroplane, reach a height of 500 metres, and land safely. Do not run out of fuel. Controls: Z (reduce thrust), C (increase thrust), B (reduce angle), M (increase angle). |
Orbit Pages 159-166. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | orbit.prg Screenshot |
Simple flight simulator. You must launch a rocket into orbit around the planet. Do not run out of fuel. Controls: Z (reduce up-thrust), C (increase up-thrust), B (reduce side-thrust), M (increase side-thrust). |
Chapter 10: Getting bigger all the time
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Exponential Bacteria Pages 167-169. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | expon bacteria.prg Screenshot |
Calculate the number of bacteria in a colony, where they double every two hours (7200 seconds). Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Growth Pages 172-173. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | growth.prg Screenshot |
Calculate the growth or death of a population using the Euler-Cauchy method. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Rabbits and Foxes Pages 174-178. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | rabbits foxes.prg Screenshot |
Simulate the struggle for survival. Rabbits live off the land and foxes eat rabbits. This program calculates what happens to their numbers month by month. On the graphical display, the horizontal position shows 1/20 the number of rabbits, and the vertical position shows 1/2 the number of foxes. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Virus Pages 178-184. |
Czes Kosniowski | Unexpanded | virus.prg Screenshot |
Strategy game. A virus is sweeping the country that turns healthy cells into rogue cells. A new drugs has been produced that destroys both rogue cells and healthy cells. A 600mg dose is fatal, and after an hour 17% of the previous dose still remains in the patients body. Each patient will die if their blood count falls below 1500. You must decide what dose to administer each hour - how many patients can you save? Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
