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Configuring the CAS, If you select this option of the menu then you will see the further menu

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Configuring the CAS In most of the examples which precede this section it was assumed that the CAS was in its default settings. Two versions of the configuration screen are shown to the right. These screens can be accessed within the CAS in a number of ways: • from the HOME screen, pressing SHIFT • by pressing SHIFT MODES within the CAS • by pressing SHIFT SYMB within the CAS • via the CFG menu entry shown right. This appears as the first entry on most of the menus within the CAS. The configuration menu that this accesses is not the same screen as that shown above. To ensure that the CAS is in default mode, enter the CAS and press SHIFT MODES. Now press SHIFT CLEAR. This will restore default settings. Configuration of the CAS can be done in a number of ways and only an overview will be given here. One method is via the configuration line (CFG) at the top of each menu. The line shown right of CFG R= X S means that the calculator is set to exact-real mode, that X is the current variable, and you are working in Step by step mode. If you select this option of the menu then you will see the further menu shown to the right. At the top of this menu is more information about the current configuration. The example to the right means that R= STEP  X 13 || You are in exact-real mode Step by step mode is selected Polynomials are written with their terms in descending order by exponent X is the current variable Modular calculations are carried out in Z/13Z (p = 13) You are working in Rigorous mode (that is, using absolute values). 362

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Configuring the CAS
In most of the examples which precede this section it was assumed that
the CAS was in its default settings. Two versions of the configuration
screen are shown to the right.
These screens can be accessed within the CAS in a number of ways:
from the
HOME
screen, pressing
SHIFT
by pressing
SHIFT MODES
within the CAS
by pressing
SHIFT SYMB
within the CAS
via the
CFG
menu entry shown right. This appears as the first
entry on most of the menus within the CAS. The configuration
menu that this accesses is not the same screen as that shown
above.
To ensure that the CAS is in default mode, enter the CAS and press
SHIFT MODES
. Now press
SHIFT
CLEAR
. This will restore default settings.
Configuration of the CAS can be done in a number of ways and only an
overview will be given here. One method is via the configuration line
(
CFG
) at the top of each menu. The line shown right of
CFG R= X S
means that the calculator is set to
exact-real mode
, that
X
is the current
variable, and you are working in
Step by step
mode.
If you select this option of the menu then you will see the further menu
shown to the right. At the top of this menu is more information about the
current configuration.
The example to the right means that
R=
You are in exact-real mode
STEP
Step by step mode is selected
±
Polynomials are written with their terms in descending order by exponent
X
X is the current variable
13
Modular calculations are carried out in Z/13Z (
p
= 13)
||
You are working in Rigorous mode (that is, using absolute values).
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