<p>What calculator is necessary for math majors? I might get one now so I can use it on the SATII 2C and AP Calc AB next year (Senior Year).</p>
<p>Ti -89 titanium is like GOOD!!!</p>
<p>;-)</p>
<p>No calculator is necessary for math majors. Consider the use of a pen and a napkin, perhaps while sitting in your favourite cafe.</p>
<p>i vote for ti-89 ti</p>
<p>We’re not allowed to use graphing calculators for Cal I or II at my school.</p>
<p>It depends on the teacher also though.</p>
<p>Do you need financial calculators for finance majors?</p>
<p>TI 89 ti has everything…literally</p>
<p>korinfox - Yes, that’s the romantic notion of how a mathematician works. But, numerical analysis is becoming more and more popular, and computer science is also becoming much more prevalent, even in absolutely theoretical math. It is probably even be true - though there’s no data that I can think of, on the subject - that it’s the minority of mathematicians who work purely on paper.</p>
<p>(And, by the way, I have two calculators - Mathematica and Matlab.)</p>
<p>None. Computers can be useful though…</p>
<p>I’ve yet to fully understand how to use Matlab. I guess it’s because I’m not an engineer. :(</p>
<p>If ur an engineering student dont waste your time with a ti-89
you cant use it on ur FE and PE exams so why even bother having it/</p>
<p>What the hell is Matlab?</p>
<p>Matlab stands for MATrix LABoratory. It’s a computer algebra package made by Mathworks, specifically designed to do very, very quick floating-point calculations - meaning that it has great application in numerical analysis, but relatively limited application in symbolic analysis. Using Matlab, for instance, over 1,000,000 simultaneous equations, each in that same number of variables, can be processed efficiently, on today’s computers.</p>
<p>Maple is good for everyday math and stuff.</p>