Statement on calculators

1 Intro

This statement explains the policy on calculators used during the exams in Analysis in M.E. I.

2 Acceptable calculators

In principle, any real calculator is acceptable, but I need to draw the line somewhere between a calculator and a computer.

1. If it has a qwerty type keyboard, implemented in hardware or software, it is not a calculator.

2. If it has a screen more than $384\times216$ pixels, it is not a calculator.

3. Communications capability of any type is not acceptable.

Exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis.

3 Acceptable operations

The normal operations of a calculator, such as multiply, divide, add, substract, change sign, exponentiate, and the standard math functions as found on my Ti 30 Xa calculator (sin(h), cos(h), tan(h), exp, and their inverses) do not have to be explained.

Anything else must be step-by-step derived, showing all intermediate results. But feel free to check your derivations using your advanced calculator.