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About Matrices

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About Matrices On the Home screen or in a program, you can use, enter, store, and display matrices. Using a Matrix in an Expression To use a matrix in an expression, you may: ¦ Copy the name from the MATRIX NAMES menu. ¦ Recall the contents of the matrix into the expression with y [RCL] (Chapter 1). ¦ Enter the matrix directly (see below). Entering a Matrix in an Expression You can enter, edit, and store a matrix in the MATRIX editor. You also can enter a matrix directly in an expression. 1. Press y ããä to indicate the beginning of the matrix. 2. Press y ããä to indicate the beginning of a row. 3. Enter a value (which can be an expression) for each element in the row, separated by commas. 4. Press y ãää to indicate the end of a row. 5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 to enter all of the rows. 6. Press y ãää to indicate the end of the matrix. Note: The closing ]] is not necessary at the end of an expression or preceding !. [[element1,1, . . . ,element1,n] . . . [elementm, . . . ,elementm,n]] The expression is evaluated when the entry is executed. Commas are required on entry to separate elements, but are not displayed on output. 10-8 Matrices

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10-8
Matrices
About Matrices
On the Home screen or in a program, you can use, enter, store, and display
matrices.
Using a Matrix in an Expression
To use a matrix in an expression, you may:
¦
Copy the name from the
MATRIX NAMES
menu.
¦
Recall the contents of the matrix into the expression with
y
[
RCL
]
(Chapter 1).
¦
Enter the matrix directly (see below).
Entering a Matrix in an Expression
You can enter, edit, and store a matrix in the
MATRIX
editor. You also can
enter a matrix directly in an expression.
1.
Press
y
ã
ã
ä
to indicate the beginning of the matrix.
2.
Press
y
ã
ã
ä
to indicate the beginning of a row.
3.
Enter a value (which can be an expression) for each element in the row,
separated by commas.
4.
Press
y
ã
ä
ä
to indicate the end of a row.
5.
Repeat steps 2 through 4 to enter all of the rows.
6.
Press
y
ã
ä
ä
to indicate the end of the matrix.
Note:
The closing
]]
is not necessary at the end of an expression or
preceding
!
.
[[
element
1,1
,
. . .
,
element
1,n
]
. . .
[
element
m
,
. . .
,
element
m,n
]]
The expression is evaluated when the entry is executed. Commas are required
on entry to separate elements, but are not displayed on output.