Triangles Calculation System
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News
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2.5.2010
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Version 3.0. New
version for mobile devices.
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| 27.6.2009: |
The program available in German language
also. |
| 8.5.2009: |
New version 2.5. The new element z = alpha
- beta has been supplemented. It represents about 120 new combinations
of the
elements. |
| 25.1.2008: |
Version 2.0. The program is completely
rewritten in Java language. Program start from the web page
without
instalation is allowed. Localization is automatically chosen according
to the system langugage. |
| 15.8.2005: |
Program is
completed with graphs for all combinations. |
| 5.6.2005: |
The source code is
provided with comments on calculation technique. |
| 21.12.2004: |
The new version
adds ability to draw the triangle and all its elements. |
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Basic information
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This
program is a general solver for triangles.
It
computes all possible solutions for a triangle
that is specified by an arbitrary triple of the
following elements: sides, angles, altitudes,
medians, angle bisectors, area, radius of
circumscribed and inscribed circle, sum a+b, perimeter and
difference of alpha-beta. As a
result you obtain all
solutions for sides a,b,c. If you mark any solution and
click the button Complete, you receive the values of all 21 elements of
the given solution. Using the Display button you can draw calculated
triangle including choosen elements. By means of the Graph button you
open
a picture of the graph for given combination. The buttons Display and
Graph are not available in a version for mobile phones. The
source code is annotated on
calculation procedures.
Detailed instructions are mentioned in the program under the button
Help.
The program is suitable for teachers and students for checking of
assigned tasks, and for design engineers and designers. The use is
limited only by GPL v3
license.
The program can run on any browser with Java support, on computers with
OS Windows, Mac OS/X and Linux and mobile phones supporting Java ME.
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Download (version 3.0)
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| Download for computer (tar.gz) |
Download for computer (zip) |
| The program requires JRE
(recommended version 6),
which can be free downloaded here. |
| Download
for mobile devices (jar) |
Download
for mobile devices (jad) |
| Source code (tar.gz) |
Source code (zip) |
About author
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| My
original profession is a
designer of
special purpose machines, I retired 19 years ago. Mathematics is only
one of my hobbies besides philosophy, music, nature and branched family
(10 grandchildern). Concerning the general triangle I was at first
interested in finding of algorithm for individual assignments. Not
until later I worked out the program at first in QBasic, then in
Object Pascal in Kylix and Delphi and finally in the
language Java SE and Java ME in NetBeans. Because I am not an
educated mathematician, it is possible that some procedures and terms
are not conform to official mathematical practices. Nevertheless, I
tried to write the program very carefully including verification by
drawing, and in all
more complicated cases I made the computer graph for courses of
function for the complete range of possible input. I will appreciate
comments and proposals for improvement of the program
as well as reminders concerning errors or inaccuracy. Authors E-mail. |
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