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Chapter 20: A to Z Function and Instruction Reference

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 360 of 118

Sorty

Uses built-in variables

xStat

and

yStat

for xListName

and yListName, respectively. These built-in variables
must contain valid data of the same dimension;
otherwise, an error occurs.

4

Sph

VECTR OPS menu

vector

4

Sph

Displays a 2- or 3-element vector as spherical
coordinates in [r



q

0] or [r 

q



f

] form,

respectively, even if the display mode is not set for
spherical (

SphereV

).

In

RectV

vector coordinate mode:

[0,

L

1]

4Sph b

[1

±

L

1.57079632679

±1.…

[0,0,

L

1]

4Sph b

[1

±0±3.14159265359]

SphereV

-

m

SphereV

Sets spherical vector coordinate mode [r



q



f

].

In

SphereV

vector coordinate mode:

[1,2] b

[2.2360679775

±1.1071…

Square:

2

I

number

2

or

(

expression

)

2

list

2

squareMatrix

2

Returns a real or complex argument multiplied by itself.
To square a negative number, enclose it in parentheses.

A squareMatrix multiplied by itself is not the same as
simply squaring each element.

25

2

b

625

(16+9)

2

b

625

L

2

2

b

L

4

(

L

2)

2

b

4

{

L

2,4,25}

2

b

{4 16 625}

[[2,3][4,5]]

2

b

[[16 21]

[28 37]]

Square root:

-

ˆ

number or

(

expression

)

Returns the square root of number or expression, which
can be real or complex.

‡25 b

5

‡(25+11) b

6