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Functions and commands

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ODE

Used in the Symbolic view of the Geometry app. Draws the

solution of the differential equation y’=f(x,y) that contains as

initial condition the point (x

0

, y

0

). The first argument is the

expression f(x,y), the second argument is the vector of

variables (abscissa must be listed first), and the third argument

is the initial condition {x

0

, y

0

}.

plotode(Expr, {Var1, Var2}, {X

0

, Y

0

})

Example:

plotode(x*sin(y), {x,y}, {–2, 2})

draws the

graph of the solution to y’=x*sin(y) that passes through the point

(–2, 2) as an initial condition.

List

Used in the Symbolic view of the Geometry app, this

command plots a set of points and connects them with

segments. Each point is defined by a vector.

plotlist([X1, Y1], [X2, Y2], …))

Example:

plotlist([0, 0], [2,2], [4,0])

connects the

points (0, 0), (2, 2), and (4, 0), in order, with straight line

segments.

App menu

Press

D

to open the

Toolbox menus (one of which
is the App menu). App
functions are used in HP
apps to perform common
calculations. For example, in
the Function app, the Plot
view Fcn menu has a
function called SLOPE that calculates the slope of a given

function at a given point. The SLOPE function can also be

used from the Home view or a program to give the same
results. The app functions described in this section are
grouped by app.