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Creating and storing matrices – HP Prime Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Matrices

Creating and storing matrices

The Matrix Catalog
contains the reserved
matrix variables M0-M9,

as well as any matrix
variables you have
created in Home or CAS
views (or from a program
if they are global).
Once you select a matrix name, you can create, edit, and
delete matrices in the Matrix Editor. You can also send a
matrix to another HP Prime.
To open the Matrix Catalog, press

St

(Matrix).

In the Matrix Catalog, the size of a matrix is shown beside
the matrix name. (An empty matrix is shown as 1*1.) The

number of elements in it is shown beside a vector.
You can also create and store matrices—named or
unnamed—in Home view. For example, the command:

POLYROOT([1,0,–1,0])

M1

stores the roots of the complex vector of length 3 into the
variable M1. M1 will thus contain the three roots of

: 0, 1 and –1.

Matrix Catalog:

buttons and keys

The buttons and keys available in the Matrix Catalog are:

x

3

x

0

=

Button or Key Purpose

Opens the highlighted matrix for editing.

or

C

Deletes the content sof the selected matrix.

Changes the selected matrix into a one-

dimensional vector.

Transmits the highlighted matrix to another

HP Prime.

SJ

(Clear

)

Clears the contents of the reserved matrix

variables M0-M9 and deletes any user-

named matrices.