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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Christian Canton, Bellevue, WA (US);
John Campbell, Woodinville, WA (US);
Catherine Harley, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a spreadsheet application with an enhanced understanding of mathematical equations using a mathematical engine and a calculation engine. The disclosed spreadsheet application has many enhanced features, such as, but not limited to: analyzing complex equations, identifying dependencies, converting mathematical notation to spreadsheet notation, connecting variables in an equation to other cells of the spreadsheet, solving or simplifying equations, recommending different display representations of data, and a providing a math display mode.