I've been a long-time user of Mathcad (since before it was a Windows application -- I think it was version 2!) and long enjoyed the simplicity of it's interface.
PROBLEM 1 - Erroneous symbolic calculations (multiple examples)
I just bought MC Prime 4 and was testing some calculations in Prime 4 versus v15 and v13 and came across several disappointments -- errors in MC 15 and MC Prime 4 that MC 13 handles with aplomb. Perhaps I've made some mistakes, but I post this message for any helpful support understanding what's wrong from experienced folks who've been using the products regularly, hopefully to understand my mistakes, if I've made any.
Note that in EVERY symbolic calculation issue I outline below, I have no problem with the calculation in MC v13. All of these issues became apparent as I was reviewing the Applied Statistics extension pack for v13 and potentially converting some of the documents to Prime 4.
I've attached two documents to this post that detail the errors I've found, which so far are all with symbolic calculations.
Briefly, the errors are:
1) Errors in the symbolic calculation of the mean and standard deviation of the Poisson distribution. This error occurs in both MC 15 M045 and MC Prime 4.
2) Errors in the symbolic calculation of the mean and standard deviation of the Normal distribution. This error occurs in both MC 15 M045 and MC Prime 4.
3) Errors in the symbolic calculation of the mean and standard deviation of the Binomial distribution. This error occurs in both MC 15 M045 and MC Prime 4.
These oddities make me question the accuracy of the symbolic engine in both MC 15 and Prime 4, especially when I don't already know what the solution is.
PROBLEM 2 - Text formatting oddity? or misunderstood usage?
I've also noticed one other oddity. In preparing the Prime 4 document for posting, I found no way to highlight the text that precedes each example, say with blue text or a yellow highlight UNLESS the text was in a text block. Is there no way in Prime 4 to format text in a text box?
TIA
David