Algebraic Representation

Contributed by Francis Glassborow

You will notice that this project has no difficulty rating. That is because the difficulty very much depends on the computer language you use and the support libraries that you have.

The idea is simply to develop a program that will allow the user to type in a mathematical function, equation or expression for display exactly as we would print it. In other words you must cope with various symbols (that will probably lead to investigation of Unicode) and levels of superscript and subscript.

You will have to consider input mechanisms as well as display methods. A successfully completed project should allow input data to be stored in and recovered from a file. You should also be able to edit the material.

Program elements

This project involves graphic manipulation, persistence and data capture mechanisms which might include the use of menus.