A function machine is a way of writing rules using a flow diagram. The equation \(3j - 6 = 9\) can be shown on a function machine by writing out the functions that have been applied to \(j\) in the ...

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan., 1977), pp. 215-219 (5 pages) An analysis that progresses recursively along the terms of a linear equation generates a simple algebraic ...