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51calculating machine — calculator, machine that makes calculations …
52Algorithms for calculating variance — play a major role in statistical computing. A key problem in the design of good algorithms for this problem is that formulas for the variance may involve sums of squares, which can lead to numerical instability as well as to arithmetic overflow… …
53Software for calculating π — Over the years, several programs have been written for calculating pi (π) to many digits on personal computers.General purposeMost computer algebra systems can calculate π and other common mathematical constants to any desired precision.Functions …
54Arithmometer — ▪ calculating machine early calculating machine, built in 1820 by Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar of France. Whereas earlier calculating machines, such as Blaise Pascal (Pascal, Blaise) s Pascaline in France and Gottfried Wilhelm von… …
55Difference Engine — ▪ calculating machine an early calculating machine, verging on being the first computer, designed and partially built during the 1820s and 30s by Charles Babbage (Babbage, Charles). Babbage was an English mathematician and inventor; he… …
56Step Reckoner — ▪ calculating machine a calculating machine designed (1671) and built (1673) by the German mathematician philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm). The Step Reckoner expanded on the French mathematician philosopher… …
57Discounting — Calculating the present value of a future amount. The process is opposite to compounding. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * discounting dis‧count‧ing [ˈdɪsˌkaʊntɪŋ] noun [uncountable] FINANCE 1. also invoice discounting …
58Figuring the tail — Calculating the yield at which a future money market (one available some period hence) is purchased when that future security is created by buying an existing instrument and financing the initial portion of its life with a term repo. The New York …
59discounting — Calculating the present value of a future amount. Discounting is opposite to compounding. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * discounting dis‧count‧ing [ˈdɪsˌkaʊntɪŋ] noun [uncountable] FINANCE 1. also …
60figuring the tail — Calculating the yield at which a future money market (one available some period hence) is purchased when that future security is created by buying an existing instrument and financing the initial portion of its life with a term repo. Bloomberg… …
