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Numeric view: cmds menu, Cartesian – HP Prime Graphing Wireless Calculator User Manual

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Geometry

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In general, the inversion of point A through center C, with
scale factor k, maps A onto A’, such that A’ is on line CA and
CA*CA’=k, where CA and CA’ denote the lengths of the
corresponding segments. If k=1, then the lengths CA and CA’
are reciprocals.

Reciprocation

Given a circle and a vector of objects that are either points or
lines, returns a vector where each point is replaced with its
polar line and each line is replaced with its pole, with respect
to the circle.

reciprocation(Circle, [Obj1, Obj2,...Objn])

Example:

reciprocation(circle(0,1),[line(1+i,2),poin
t(1+i*2)]) returns [point(1/2, 1/2) line(y=-x/
2+1/2)]

Numeric view: Cmds menu

Cartesian

Abscissa

Returns the x coordinate of a point or the x length of a vector.

abscissa(point) or abscissa(vector)

Example:

abscissa(GA) returns the x-coordinate of the point A.

Ordinate

Returns the y coordinate of a point or the y length of a vector.

ordinate(point) or ordinate(vector)

Example:
Example: ordinate(GA) returns the y-coordinate of the

point A.