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Glossary

Calculator Capabilities

G Graphs At least two functions simultaneously in Cartesian coordinates; tracing; displaying coordinates; zooming.
Po Polar At least two functions simultaneously in polar coordinates; tracing; displaying graphs coordinates; zooming.
Pa Parametric At least two functions simultaneously defined in terms of a parameter; graphs coordinates; tracing; displaying coordinates; zooming.
R Recursion Recursive definitions of functions for graphical or numerical display.
A Automatic Automatic determination of important points on graphs, including solve intersections, intercepts, relative maxima and minima.
T Tables Automatic tabulation of values of a function at a set of points.
E Equations Automatic (non-graphical) numerical solution of a one-variable equation on an interval
L Linear Automatic numerical solution (not requiring matrices) of a linear system of systems equations in up to three variables.
M Matrix Matrix arithmetic, including inversion.
S Summation Determination of partial sums of arbitrary series.
B Bivariate Storage and retrieval of univariate and bivariate data, numerical summaries, statistics regression coefficients (at least linear), histogram, scattergraph, least squares regression line.
D Derivatives Numerical approximation of the derivative of a function at a point.
I Integrals Numerical approximation of the definite integral of a function on an interval.
C Complex Four function arithmetic with complex numbers, including square roots of arithmetic negative numbers.

 

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