**Babylonian False Position Algorithm and eTCL demo example calculator, numerical analysis** This page is under development. Comments are welcome, but please load any comments in the comments section at the bottom of the page. Please include your wiki MONIKER in your comment with the same courtesy that I will give you. Its very hard to reply intelligibly without some background of the correspondent. Thanks,[gold] ---- <> [gold] Here is some eTCL starter code for Babylonian false position algorithm. The Babylonian false position algorithm was loaded into an eTCL calculator. The Babylonians did not use algebra notation, so the reader will have to bear some anachronisms in the eTCL pseudocode. The field is assumed to be a square or right rectangle. The area of the field and the short side constraint ratio are given values. The tablet has a set of line by line calculations which effectively guess the two sides of a field and compute a scale factor from the sqrt ratio of true area to the product of the guessed or false position sides. The short and long false position sides are constrained, multiplied, and rescaled to calculate the short and long sides of the field. The answer was checked to see if product of the corrected short and long sides equal the given initial area. For restating the problem in a computer algorithm, the sides and field will be in meters and square meters, respectively. ---- **Pseudocode Section** ====== # using pseudocode for Babylonian false position algorithm # possible problem instances include separate tables for cubes n*n*n and quasi_cubes true_area = supplied value false_long_side = initial guess false_short_side = 2/3 length, supplied ratio set false_area [expr $false_long_side*$false_short_side ] initialise correction = 0.25 correction = sqrt (true_area / false_area) long_side = false_long_side * correction short_side = false_short_side * correction check_answer long_side * short_side =? true_area (yes/no) set answers and printout with resulting values ====== ***Testcases Section*** In planning any software, it is advisable to gather a number of testcases to check the results of the program. The math for the testcases can be checked by pasting statements in the TCL console. Aside from the TCL calculator display, when one presses the report button on the calculator, one will have console show access to the capacity functions (subroutines). **** Testcase 1 **** %|table 1|printed in| tcl wiki format|% &| quantity| value| comment, if any|& &| 1:|testcase_number | |& &| 1000.0 :|true area meters squared | |& &| 0.6660 :|short side is x of long (ratio)| |& &| 100.0 :|initial guess of long side meters| |& &| 66.600 :|answers: false short side meters| |& &| 6660.000 :|false area meters squared | |& &| 0.387 :|correction factor (ratio) | |& &| 25.806 :|short side meters | |& &| 38.7492 :|long side meters | |& %|table 2|printed in| tcl wiki format|% &| quantity| value| comment, if any|& **** Testcase 2 **** &| 2:|testcase_number | |& &| 1200.0 :|true area meters squared | |& &| 0.666 :|short side is x of long (ratio)| |& &| 120.0 :|initial guess of long side meters| |& &| 79.920 :|answers: false short side meters| |& &| 9590.399 :|false area meters squared | |& &| 0.353 :|correction factor (ratio) | |& &| 28.270 :|short side meters | |& &| 42.447 :|long side meters | |& **** Testcase 3 **** %|table 3|printed in| tcl wiki format|% &| quantity| value| comment, if any|& &| 3:|testcase_number | |& &| 60.0 :|true area meters squared | |& &| 0.666 :|short side is x of long (ratio)| |& &| 10.0 :|initial guess of long side meters| |& &| 6.660 :|answers: false short side meters| |& &| 66.599 :|false area meters squared | |& &| 0.949 :|correction factor (ratio) | |& &| 6.321 :|short side meters | |& &| 9.491 :|long side meters | |& ---- ***Screenshots Section*** ****figure 1.**** [Babylonian False Position Algorithm and eTCL demo example calculator screenshot] [Babylonian False Position Algorithm and eTCL demo example calculator screenshot] [Babylonian False Position Algorithm and eTCL demo example calculator screenshot] ---- ***References:*** * Mathematical Treasure: Old Babylonian Area Calculation, uses ancient method * Frank J. Swetz , Pennsylvania State University * Wikipedia, see temple of Edfu, area method used as late as 200 BC in Egypt. * [Oneliner's Pie in the Sky] * [One Liners] * [Category Algorithm] * [Babylonian Number Series and eTCL demo example calculator] * [Brahmagupta Area of Cyclic Quadrilateral and eTCL demo example calculator] * [Gauss Approximate Number of Primes and eTCL demo example calculator] * Land surveying in ancient Mesopotamia, M. A. R. Cooper * [Sumerian Approximate Area Quadrilateral and eTCL Slot Calculator Demo Example , numerical analysis] ---- **Appendix Code** ***appendix TCL programs and scripts *** ====== # pretty print from autoindent and ased editor # Babylonian False Position Algorithm calculator # written on Windows XP on eTCL # working under TCL version 8.5.6 and eTCL 1.0.1 # gold on TCL WIKI, 15jan2017 package require Tk package require math::numtheory namespace path {::tcl::mathop ::tcl::mathfunc math::numtheory } set tcl_precision 17 frame .frame -relief flat -bg aquamarine4 pack .frame -side top -fill y -anchor center set names {{} { true area meters squared :} } lappend names { short side is x of long (ratio) :} lappend names { initial guess of long side meters : } lappend names { answers: false short side meters : } lappend names { false area meters squared :} lappend names { correction factor (ratio) : } lappend names { short side meters : } lappend names { long side meters :} foreach i {1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8} { label .frame.label$i -text [lindex $names $i] -anchor e entry .frame.entry$i -width 35 -textvariable side$i grid .frame.label$i .frame.entry$i -sticky ew -pady 2 -padx 1 } proc about {} { set msg "Calculator for Babylonian False Position Algorithm from TCL WIKI, written on eTCL " tk_messageBox -title "About" -message $msg } proc calculate { } { global answer2 global side1 side2 side3 side4 side5 global side6 side7 side8 global testcase_number incr testcase_number set side1 [* $side1 1. ] set side2 [* $side2 1. ] set side3 [* $side3 1. ] set side4 [* $side4 1. ] set side5 [* $side5 1. ] set side6 [* $side6 1. ] set side7 [* $side7 1. ] set side8 [* $side8 1. ] set true_area $side1 set false_long $side3 set false_short [* $false_long $side2 ] set false_area [* $false_long $false_short ] set correction_ratio .25 set correction_ratio [/ $true_area $false_area] set correction_ratio [sqrt $correction_ratio ] set side4 $false_short set side5 $false_area set side6 $correction_ratio set side7 [* $false_short $correction_ratio ] set side8 [* $side3 $correction_ratio ] } proc fillup {aa bb cc dd ee ff gg hh} { .frame.entry1 insert 0 "$aa" .frame.entry2 insert 0 "$bb" .frame.entry3 insert 0 "$cc" .frame.entry4 insert 0 "$dd" .frame.entry5 insert 0 "$ee" .frame.entry6 insert 0 "$ff" .frame.entry7 insert 0 "$gg" .frame.entry8 insert 0 "$hh" } proc clearx {} { foreach i {1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 } { .frame.entry$i delete 0 end } } proc reportx {} { global side1 side2 side3 side4 side5 global side6 side7 side8 global testcase_number reference_factor flag console show; puts "%|table $testcase_number|printed in| tcl wiki format|% " puts "&| quantity| value| comment, if any|& " puts "&| $testcase_number:|testcase_number | |& " puts "&| $side1 :|true area meters squared | |&" puts "&| $side2 :|short side is x of long (ratio)| |& " puts "&| $side3 :|initial guess of long side meters| |& " puts "&| $side4 :|answers: false short side meters| |&" puts "&| $side5 :|false area meters squared | |&" puts "&| $side6 :|correction factor (ratio) | |&" puts "&| $side7 :|short side meters | |&" puts "&| $side8 :|long side meters | |&" } frame .buttons -bg aquamarine4 ::ttk::button .calculator -text "Solve" -command { calculate } ::ttk::button .test2 -text "Testcase1" -command {clearx;fillup 1000.0 .666 100.0 66.0 6660.0 0.38 26. 38.} ::ttk::button .test3 -text "Testcase2" -command {clearx;fillup 1200. .666 120. 79. 9590.0 0.35 28. 42. } ::ttk::button .test4 -text "Testcase3" -command {clearx;fillup 60.0 .666 10.0 6.66 66.0 0.5 3.33 5.0 } ::ttk::button .clearallx -text clear -command {clearx } ::ttk::button .about -text about -command {about} ::ttk::button .cons -text report -command { reportx } ::ttk::button .exit -text exit -command {exit} pack .calculator -in .buttons -side top -padx 10 -pady 5 pack .clearallx .cons .about .exit .test4 .test3 .test2 -side bottom -in .buttons grid .frame .buttons -sticky ns -pady {0 10} . configure -background aquamarine4 -highlightcolor brown -relief raised -border 30 wm title . "Babylonian False Position Algorithm Calculator" ====== ---- *** Pushbutton Operation*** For the push buttons, the recommended procedure is push testcase and fill frame, change first three entries etc, push solve, and then push report. Report allows copy and paste from console. For testcases in a computer session, the eTCL calculator increments a new testcase number internally, eg. TC(1), TC(2) , TC(3) , TC(N). The testcase number is internal to the calculator and will not be printed until the report button is pushed for the current result numbers. The current result numbers will be cleared on the next solve button. The command { calculate; reportx } or { calculate ; reportx; clearx } can be added or changed to report automatically. Another wrinkle would be to print out the current text, delimiters, and numbers in a TCL wiki style table as ====== puts " %| testcase $testcase_number | value| units |comment |%" puts " &| volume| $volume| cubic meters |based on length $side1 and width $side2 |&" ====== ---- [gold] This page is copyrighted under the TCL/TK license terms, [http://tcl.tk/software/tcltk/license.html%|%this license]. **Comments Section** <> Please place any comments here, Thanks. <> Numerical Analysis | Toys | Calculator | Mathematics| Example| Toys and Games | Games | Application | GUI