Mathematical Recreations

Authored and Contributed by
Ronald Joe Record (except "xwator" authored and contributed by Ronald Joe Record and Brian Chapman)
Restrictions
Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Ronald Joe Record (except "xwator" Copyright 1990 Ronald Joe Record and Brian Chapman)
Description
The mathrec package consists of several X11 clients :
Build
To build the mathrec binaries, use the Imakefile. To build with the Imakefile, first type "xmkmf -a" or "imake -DUseInstalled -I/usr/lib/X11/config" if your system doesn't have xmkmf. Then just type "make" and the mathrec binaries will be built.
Install
To install mathrec, you can simply run "make install; make install.man". Since mathrec is built with imake, it honors the DESTDIR setting. So, if you want to install the mathrec package in a "packaging ground", you can set the DESTDIR environment variable to the location below which the files will be installed.
Known Limitations
These programs were originally written for 8-bit PseudoColor X11 displays. I have modified them so that they work on a TrueColor visual but many of the features are not present without a PseudoColor display. For instance, the installation of a private colormap and the spinning of the color map are features available only on a PseudoColor display visual.
Productivity
These programs and others like them are probably responsible for more CPU cycles than any other single application.
Safety
I have used these for years without harm.
Work Planned
None
Documentation
manual pages.
Verification
Execute any or all of the shell scripts provided in /usr/local/mathrec/julia, /usr/local/mathrec/mandel, /usr/local/mathrec/lds, /usr/local/mathrec/endo, /usr/local/mathrec/lyap, /usr/local/mathrec/madness and /usr/local/mathrec/splines.
Feedback
Ideas, comments, additions, deletions, suggestions, bug reports, code review,... e-mail Ronald Record at rr@sco.com