A. V. Jett
ABSTRACT
The advent of computing in a remote-terminal time-sharing context permits the user to interact more directly with the computer in attacking his problem. Moreover, certain standard problems of numerical analysis (e.g., least-squares approximations, locating zeroes of functions, etc.) arise in science and engineering with sufficient frequency to suggest, in view of remote-terminal capability, the development of interactive computer systems to aid in the application of mathematical analysis. Such a system is AMTRAN (for Automatic Mathematical TRANslation), being developed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center under the direction of Dr. Robert N. Seitz[1].
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