Calculator User Manual
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Chapter 20: A to Z Function and Instruction Reference
20ATOZ.DOC TI-86, Chap 20, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:42 PM Printed: 02/13/01 3:05 PM Page 360 of 118
Sorty
Uses built-in variables
xStat
and
yStat
for
xListName
and
yListName
, respectively. These built-in variables
must contain valid data of the same dimension;
otherwise, an error occurs.
4
Sph
VECTR OPS menu
vector
4
Sph
Displays a 2- or 3-element
vector
as spherical
coordinates in [
r
q
0] or [
r
q
f
] form,
respectively, even if the display mode is not set for
spherical (
SphereV
).
In
RectV
vector coordinate mode:
[0,
L
1]
4
Sph
b
[1
±
L
1.57079632679
±
1.…
[0,0,
L
1]
4
Sph
b
[1
±
0
±
3.14159265359]
SphereV
†
-
m
SphereV
Sets spherical vector coordinate mode [
r
q
f
].
In
SphereV
vector coordinate mode:
[1,2]
b
[2.2360679775
±
1.1071…
Square:
2
I
number
2
or
(expression)
2
list
2
squareMatrix
2
Returns a real or complex argument multiplied by itself.
To square a negative number, enclose it in parentheses.
A
squareMatrix
multiplied by itself is not the same as
simply squaring each element.
25
2
b
625
(16+9)
2
b
625
L
2
2
b
L
4
(
L
2)
2
b
4
{
L
2,4,25}
2
b
{4 16 625}
[[2,3][4,5]]
2
b
[[16 21]
[28 37]]
Square root:
‡
-
ˆ
‡
number
or
‡
(
expression)
Returns the square root of
number
or
expression
, which
can be real or complex.
‡
25
b
5
‡
(25+11)
b
6