<s>
MatheAss	B-Application
(	O
former	O
Math-Assist	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
for	O
numerical	B-General_Concept
solutions	I-General_Concept
in	O
school	O
mathematics	O
and	O
functions	O
in	O
some	O
points	O
similar	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Mathematics	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
MatheAss	B-Application
is	O
widely	O
spread	O
in	O
math	O
classes	O
"	O
in	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
functionality	O
is	O
limited	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
numerical	B-General_Concept
programs	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
MatheAss	B-Application
has	O
no	O
script	B-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
does	O
no	O
symbolic	B-Algorithm
computation	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
MatheAss	B-Application
covers	O
the	O
topics	O
algebra	O
,	O
geometry	O
,	O
analysis	O
,	O
stochastics	O
,	O
and	O
linear	O
algebra	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
precursor	O
for	O
the	O
home	O
computers	O
,	O
usual	O
around	O
1980	O
,	O
MatheAss	B-Application
appeared	O
in	O
1983	O
as	O
a	O
shareware	B-License
version	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
shareware	B-License
programs	O
on	O
the	O
German	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MatheAss	B-Application
is	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
manufacturer	O
's	O
website	O
for	O
download	O
for	O
various	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
8.2	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2011	O
)	O
MatheAss	B-Application
again	O
offers	O
a	O
context-sensitive	O
help	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
supplemented	O
in	O
many	O
places	O
by	O
showing	O
mathematical	O
examples	O
and	O
background	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MatheAss	B-Application
help	O
file	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
viewed	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
