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Polarc, Polar complex, Polargc – Texas Instruments TI-86 User Manual

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20ATOZ.DOC TI-86, Chap 20, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:42 PM Printed: 02/13/01 3:05 PM Page 336 of 118

Pol

† mode screen

Pol

Sets polar graphing mode.

4

Pol

CPLX menu

complexNumber

4

Pol

Displays complexNumber in polar form
(magnitude

angle), regardless of the complex number

mode.

In

RectC

complex number mode:

L

2 b

(0,1.41421356237)

Ans

4Pol b

(1.41421356237

±1.570…

list

4

Pol

matrix

4

Pol

vector

4

Pol

Returns a list, matrix, or vector in which each element
of the argument is displayed in polar form.

{1,

L

2} b

{(1,0) (0,1.141421356…

Ans

4Pol b

{(1

±0) (1.4142135623…

PolarC

† mode screen

PolarC

Sets polar complex number mode (magnitude

angle).

In

PolarC

complex number mode:

L

2 b

(1.41421356237

±1.570…

Polar complex:



-



magnitude

angle

Used to enter complex numbers in polar form. The
angle

is interpreted according to the current angle

mode.

In

Radian

angle mode and

PolarC

complex

number mode:

(1,2)+(3

p/4) b

(5.16990542093

.9226…

PolarGC

† graph format screen

PolarGC

Displays graph coordinates in polar form.