User guide

1 Introduction
1.1 Product Overview
GAUSS
TM
isacompleteanalysisenvironmentsuitableforperformingquickcal-
culations,complexanalysisofmillionsofdatapoints,oranythinginbetween.Whether
youarenewtocomputerizedanalysisoraseasonedprogrammer,theGAUSSfamilyof
productscombinetoofferyouaneasytolearnenvironmentthatispowerfulandver-
satileenoughforvirtuallyanynumericaltask.
Sinceitsintroductionin1984,GAUSShasbeenthestandardforseriousnumbercrunch-
ingandcomplexmodelingoflarge-scaledata.Worldwideacceptanceanduseingov-
ernment,industry,andtheacademiccommunityisafirmtestamenttoitspowerand
versatility.
TheGAUSSSystemcanbedescribedseveralways:Itisanexceptionallyefficient
numbercruncher,acomprehensiveprogramminglanguage,andaninteractiveanalysis
environment.GAUSSmaybetheonlynumericaltoolyouwilleverneed.
1.2 Documentation Conventions
ThefollowingtabledescribeshowtextformattingisusedtoidentifyGAUSSpro-
grammingelements:
Text Style Use Example
regulartext narrative "...textformattingis
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