HP 48g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Regulatory Information
- U.S.A.
- Europe
  - Declaration of Conformity (according to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and
Notice
The Keyboard' and Display
- Organization of the Display
  - The Stack
- Organization of the Keyboard
  - To cancel a shift key:
  - The CANCEL Key
- Menus: Extending the Keyboard
  - Working with Menus
EnteinO' and Edidng Objects
- Keying In Numbers
  - To key in a simple number:
- Keying In Characters (the Alpha Keyboard)
- Keying in Special Characters
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  - To use CHARS to view or key in characters:
- Keying In Objects with Delimiters
- Using the Command Line
- Viewing and Editing Objects
- Using the Stack for Calculations
- The Interactive Stack
- stack Command Menu
Modes
- Using the MODES Application
- Using System Flags
  - To view or change flag settings using the Flag Browser:
- MODES Submenus
- HOME: Variables and Directories
- Using The Variable Browser Application
- Using Variables; The VAR Menu
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    - To enter a variable name onto the stack:
- 5 Special Memory Operations
InpRiit Foniìs and Lists
- Input Forms
- How the EquationWriter Application Is Organized
- Constructing Equations
- Editing Equations
- Summary of EquationWriter Operations
The HatrixWriter
- How the HP 48 Displays Arrays
- Entering Arrays
- Editing Arrays
Graphic Objects
- The PICTURE Environment
  - To enter the PICTURE environment directly:
  - To exit the PICTURE environment:
- Using the Picture Editor
- Saving and Viewing Graphic Objects
  - To save the currently displayed grob;
- Graphic Object Coordinates
- Graphic Object Commands
Unit Objects
- Overview of the Units Application
  - Units and Unit Objects
- The UNITS Catalog Menu
  - Creating a Unit Object
    - To create a unit object in the command line:
  - Unit Prefixes
- Converting Units
- Calculating with Units
  - Factoring Unit Expressions
    - To factor units within a unit expression:
  - Using Unit Objects in Aigebraics
- Working with Temperature Units
  - Calculating with Temperature Units
- Creating User-Defined Units
  - To create a user-defined unit;
- Additional Commands for Unit Objects
- Built-In Functions and Commands
  - Expressing Functions: Algebraic Syntax
- Symbolic Constants
- User-Defined Functions
Functions of Real and Complex Numbers
- Math Functions on the Main Keyboard
- Probability and Test Statistics
- Real Number Functions
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- Complex Numbers
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- Displaying 2D and 3D Vectors
  - To display rectangular components:
- Entering 2D and 3D Vectors
  - To assemble a 2D or 3D vector from components on the stack:
- Vector Math Commands
  - Examples: Calculating with 2D and 3D Vectors
    - To calculate with vectors:
- Fast Fourier Transforms
  - To prepare an array for fast Fourier transforms:
  - To use a fast Fourier transform:
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- Creating and Assembling Matrices
- Disassembling Matrices
  - To extract the vector of diagonals from a matrix:
- Inserting Rows and Columns
  - To insert one or more new rows into a matrix:
  - To insert one or more new columns into an array:
- Extracting Rows and Columns
  - To extract a particular row from an array:
  - To extract a particular column from an array:
- Swapping Rows and Columns
  - To swap the location of two rows in an array:
  - To swap the location of two columns in an array:
- Extracting and Replacing Elements of Matrices
  - To replace an array element at a specified position;
- Characterizing Matrices
- Transforming Matrices
  - To transpose a matrix:
- Calculating with Matrix Elements
  - To multiply a matrix and vector:
  - To “divide” an array by a square matrix:
- Using Arrays and Array Elements in Algebraic Expressions
  - To use a matrix element in an algebraic expression:
  - To apply a mathematical function to each element in an array:
- Transforming Complex Matrices
  - To combine two matrices into a complex matrix:
  - To split a complex matrix into two real matrices:
- Matrix Solutions to Systems of Linear Equations
- Ill-Conditioned and Singular Matrices
  - To determine if a matrix is ill-conditioned;
  - To use ill-conditioned matrices in solving systems of linear equations:
- Determining the Accuracy of a Matrix Solution
  - To find the residuals for a computed solution to a system of linear
  - To approximate the number of accurate digits in a computed
- Gaussian Elimination and Elementary Row Operations
  - To create an augmented matrix:
  - To interchange two rows of a matrix:
- Additional Linear Algebra Topics
- Binary Integers and Bases
  - To enter a binary integer:
- Using Boolean Operators
- Manipulating Bits and Bytes
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Date, Time and Fiactian Aritlimetic
- Calculating with Dates
- Calculating with Times
  - To convert a time number from decimal hours to HMS format:
  - To convert a time number from HMS format to decimal hours:
- Calculating with Fractions
  - To convert a fraction into a decimal:
  - To convert a decimal into a fraction involving tt:
Lists and Sequences
- Creating Lists
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  - To append a new element to the end of a list:
- List Processing
- List Manipulations
- Sequences
- Solving an Equation for an Unknown Variable
- SOLVR: An Alternative Solving Environment
  - Additional Solving Options in SOLVR
    - To sequentially solve a series of equations using SOLVR:
    - To create a customized SOLVR menu:
- Finding All Roots of a Polynomial
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- Solving a System of Linear Equations;
- Using the Finance Solver
Differential Equations
- Solving Differential Equations
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- Plotting Solutions to Differential Equations
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  - Plotting a Stiff Differential Equation
- Integration
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  - To check the uncertainty of the numeric results:
  - Symbolic integration
    - To symbolically differentiate an expression completely in one step:
  - Creating User-Defined Derivatives
- Taylor Polynomial Approximation
- Finding Symbolic Solutions to Equations
  - To solve for a variable that appears only once:
  - To solve for a variable in a quadratic:
- Rearranging Symbolic Expressions
  - To collect like terms in an algebraic:
- Symbolic Integration Patterns
- Entering Statistical Data
  - To enter statistical data as a list:
- Editing Statistical Data
  - To mathematically transform the data in a list:
- Calculating Single-Variable Statistics
- Generating Frequencies
  - To plot a histogram using the frequencies:
- Fitting a Model to a Set of Data
  - To perform a regression for two variables in the current data;
  - To plot a scatterplot of the data and the regression curve:
- Calculating Summary Statistics
- Using the EPAR Reserved Variable
- Using the PLOT Application
- Cursor Coordinates: Standard and TRACE Modes
- Keyboard Operations in the PICTURE Environment
- Using Zoom Operations
- Analyzing Functions
- Understanding the PLOT Reserved Variables
  - EQ
  - SDAT
  - SPAR
- Function Plots
  - The Function PLOT Form
  - TRACE Mode
  - Special Notes
- Polar Plots
  - The Polar PLOT Form
  - TRACE Mode
  - Special Notes
- Parametric Plots
  - The Parametric PLOT Form
  - The Parametric PLOT OPTIONS Form
  - TRACE Mode
  - Special Notes
  - Examples
- Differential Equation Plots
  - Special Notes
- Conic Plots
  - The Default CONIC Plot Screens
  - The Conic PLOT Form
  - The Conic PLOT OPTIONS Form
  - Special Notes
- Truth Plots
  - The Default TRUTH Plot Screens
  - The Truth PLOT Form
  - The Truth PLOT OPTIONS Form
  - Special Notes
  - Examples
- Statistical Plots
- Histogram Plots
  - The Histogram PLOT Form
  - The Histogram PLOT OPTIONS Form
- Bar Plots
  - The Bar PLOT Form
- Scatter Plots
  - The Scatter PLOT Form
  - The Scatter PLOT OPTIONS Form
  - Special Notes
- Plotting Functions of Two Variables
  - Sampling Grid
  - Output Grid
- Slopefield Plots
- Wireframe Plots
  - The Wireframe PLOT Form
  - The Wireframe PLOT OPTIONS Form
- Pseudo-Contour Plots
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- Y-Slice Plots
- Gridmap Plots
  - The Gridmap PLOT Form
- Parametric Surface Plots
  - The Default PR-SURFACE Plot Screens
- Labeling and Locating the Axes
  - To label the axes with user-defined labels:
  - To have the axes intersect at some point other than (0,0):
- Plotting Programs and User-Defined Functions
- Plotting Range vs. Display Range
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  - To extend the plotting range beyond the limits of the display:
  - To use computed values for plotting or display ranges:
- Saving and Restoring Plots
  - To save the current plot picture in a variable;
  - To view a plot picture that was previously stored in a variable:
  - To save a “reconstructable” version of the current plot:
- Solving a Problem with the Equation Library
- Browsing in the Equation Library
- Using the Multiple-Equation Solver
  - To change the iide and menu for a set of equations:
  - Checking Solutions
- Using the Constants Library
  - Constants Library (continued)
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- Minehunt Game
  - To play Minehunt:
- User-Defined Units
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- Using the Clock (Date and Time)
  - To change the date or time;
- Setting Alarms
- Responding to Alarms
  - To recover from a short-interval repeating alarm:
- Viewing and Editing Alarms
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  - To view, edit, or delete an alarm:
- Tesng nn-d' Printing P?ds Transferring Data Between Two HP 48s
  - To transfer objects from one HP 48 to another:
- Printing
  - To print the object in level 1:
  - To print a group of variables:
- Transferring Data Between the HP 48 and a Computer
  - To transfer variables from the HP 48 to a computer:
  - To restore HP 48 user memory from a computer file:
- Using XMODEM
  - To transfer a variable a computer using XMODEWI:
- Using Other Serial Protocols
  - To review the current HP 48 I/O parameters:
Ports and Piiyg-^n Cards
- Port Memory and Plug-In Card Slots
- Using Backup Objects
- Using Libraries
  - To detach a library from a directory:
- Installing and Removing Plug-In Cards
- Expanding User Memory with Plug-In RAM Cards
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- Understanding Programming
- Entering and Executing Programs
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- Viewing, Debugging, and Editing Programs
  - To view or edit a program:
  - To single-step when the next step is a subroutine;
- Using Programming Structures
- Using Local Variables
- Exploring the Programs in the EXAMPLES Directory
- Using HP 48S/SX programs with the HP 48G/GX
- Customizing Menus
  - To display the current CST menu:
- Customizing the Keyboard
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  - To assign a built-in command to a user key:
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- Support Batteries, and Service
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- ■rrop Messages
  - Messages Listed Alphabetically
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C
- Menus C-1
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