                     L math processor  version 0.2.99
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                  Copyright (c) 1999-2000, Bernhard J. Pietsch

DESCRIPTION:

   The L math processor (lmp) implements many basic primitives
   for mathematical solution of equations and terms just like
   the shell built-in 'expr'. But further lmp handles floating
   point numbers and knows some more operations.

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
   published by the Free Software Foundation.

   See the COPYING file for detail.

INSTALL:

  Read INSTALL.

IMPROVEMENTS SINCE VERSION 0.2.6:

   * added support for complex functions and numbers
   * removed some of bugs
   * default options though environment variable LMP_OPTIONS
   * rewritten engine
   * differentiation support
   * sum and prod controls

 See also NEWS and ChangeLog.

A LIST OF OPERATIONS IMPLEMENTED in lmp:

   * binary
       +	addition

       -	subtraction

       *	multiplication

       /	division

       ^	power

       log      n-base logarithm

   * unary
       sin 	sine

       cos	cosine

       tan      tangent

       cot	cotangent

       arcsin	arcsine

       arccos	arc cosine

       arctan	arc tangent

       ln	logarithm on base e

       lg	logarithm on base 10

       exp	exponential function

       sqrt	square root

   * comparative
       ==	equal

       !=	not equal

       <	smaller than

       >	greater then

       <=	smaller or equal

       >=	greater or equal

   * logical
       and	one and the other (evaluated AFTER ==, *, ...)

       or	one or the other or both (evaluated AFTER and, ==, *, ...)

   * controls
       diff	differenziation

       int	integration

       sum	Sum terms

       prod	Prod terms


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Thanks to
  EdE who asks me to start this project
  Brian Wagener being the author of mmcalc
  The Yacas Project, cool thing !

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Bernhard J. Pietsch			bjtp@gmx.net