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172 Section 12: Calculating with Matrices

1. Store the elements of A in memory, in the form either of A

P

or of

A

C

.

2. Recall the descriptor of the matrix representing A into the display.

3. If the elements of A were entered in the form A

C

, press ´ p

to transform A

C

into A

P

.

4. Press ´> 2 to transform A

P

into Ã.

5. Press O< to designate the matrix representing A as the

result matrix.

6. Press ∕ to calculate (Ã)

-1

.

7. Redimension A to have half the number of rows as indicated in the

display of its descriptor after the preceding step.

8. Store the elements of B in memory, in the form either of B

P

or

of B

C

.

9. Recall the descriptor of the matrix representing A into the display.

10. Recall the descriptor of the matrix representing B into the display.

11. If the elements of B were entered in the form B

C

, press ´p to

transform B

C

into B

P

.

12. Press ´> 2 to transform B

P

into

13. Designate the result matrix; it must not be the same matrix as either

of the other two.

14. Press *.

15. Press ´> 4 to transpose the result matrix.

16. Press ´> 2.

17. Redimension the result matrix to have half the number of rows as

indicated in the display of its descriptor after the preceding step.

18. Press l< to recall the descriptor of the result matrix.

19. Press ´>

4 to calculate X

P

.

20. If you want the solution in the form X

C

, press |c