| Index Entry | Section |
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| " |
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| “Computation got stuck” message | Recursion Depth |
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| = |
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| ‘=>’ operator | Evaluates-To Operator |
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| A |
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| Accuracy of calculations | Floats |
| Accuracy of calculations | Precision |
| Algebraic Mode | Algebraic Entry |
| Algebraic notation | Algebraic Entry |
| Algebraic simplifications | Algebraic Simplifications |
AlgSimpRules variable | Automatic Rewrites |
| Alternating sums | Summations |
| Angle and slope of a line | Types Tutorial |
| Angular mode | Angular Modes |
| Area under a curve | Basic Algebra Tutorial |
| Arguments, not evaluated | Logical Operations |
| Arguments, restoring | Undo |
| Arranging a matrix | Manipulating Vectors |
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| B |
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| Basic simplifications | Basic Simplifications |
| Beatles | Types Tutorial |
| Bernoulli numbers, approximate | Programming Tutorial |
| Bibliography | History and Acknowledgments |
| Binary numbers | Binary Functions |
| Binary operators | Arithmetic Tutorial |
| Branch cuts | Branch Cuts |
| Breaking up long lines | Normal Language Modes |
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| C |
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| C language | C FORTRAN Pascal |
| Caches | Caches |
| Calc init file, mode settings | General Mode Commands |
| Calc init file, user-defined commands | Creating User Keys |
| Calc init file, user-defined units | User-Defined Units |
| Calc init file, variables | Operations on Variables |
| calc-ext module | Basic Commands |
| Calling Calc from Lisp | Calling Calc from Your Programs |
| Character strings | Strings |
| Clearing the stack | RPN Tutorial |
| Coefficients of polynomial | Decomposing Polynomials |
| Columns of data, extracting | List Tutorial |
| Common logarithm | Arithmetic Tutorial |
| Complex numbers | Complex Numbers |
| Composite units | Basic Operations on Units |
| Compositions | Compositions |
| Conditional structures | Conditionals in Macros |
| Continued fractions | Programming Tutorial |
| Continuous memory | General Mode Commands |
| Correlation coefficient | Paired-Sample Statistics |
| Covariance | Paired-Sample Statistics |
| Cross product | Vector Analysis Tutorial |
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| D |
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| Data, extracting from buffers | List Tutorial |
| Date arithmetic, additional functions | Date Arithmetic |
| Date forms | Date Forms |
| Daylight saving time | Time Zones |
| Decimal and non-decimal numbers | Radix Modes |
| Declaring scalar variables | Matrix Mode |
Decls variable | Declaration Basics |
| Degree of polynomial | Decomposing Polynomials |
| Degrees-minutes-seconds forms | HMS Forms |
| Deleting stack entries | Stack Manipulation |
| Demonstration of Calc | Demonstration of Calc |
| Digamma function | Programming Tutorial |
| Digit grouping | Grouping Digits |
| Digits, vectors of | List Tutorial |
| Division of integers | Fraction Mode |
| Divisor functions | List Tutorial |
| Dot product | Vector Analysis Tutorial |
| Duplicate values in a list | List Tutorial |
| Duplicating a stack entry | RPN Tutorial |
| Duplicating stack entries | Stack Manipulation |
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| E |
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e variable | Variables |
e variable | Scientific Functions |
| Editing the stack with Emacs | Editing Stack Entries |
| Editing user definitions | Creating User Keys |
| Emptying the stack | RPN Tutorial |
| Engineering notation, display of | Float Formats |
| Entering numbers | Numeric Entry |
| Equations, solving | Solving Equations |
| Error forms | Error Forms |
| Errors, messages | Error Messages |
| Errors, undoing | Undo |
| Euler’s gamma constant | Programming Tutorial |
| Euler’s gamma constant | Scientific Functions |
EvalRules variable | Automatic Rewrites |
| Evaluates-to operator | Evaluates-To Operator |
| Evaluation of variables in a formula | Variables |
| Exchanging stack entries | RPN Tutorial |
| Exiting the Calculator | Basic Commands |
| Exponential integral Ei(x) | Customizing the Integrator |
| Expressions | Formulas |
| Extended simplification | Unsafe Simplifications |
| Extensions module | Basic Commands |
ExtSimpRules variable | Automatic Rewrites |
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| F |
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| Fermat, primality test of | Types Tutorial |
| Fibonacci numbers | Rewrites Tutorial |
| Fibonacci numbers | Programming Tutorial |
| Fitting data to a line | List Tutorial |
| Fixed points | Nesting and Fixed Points |
| Flattening a matrix | Manipulating Vectors |
| Floating-point numbers | Floats |
| Floats vs. fractions | Modes Tutorial |
| Flushing caches | Caches |
| Formulas | Formulas |
| Formulas, entering | Algebraic Entry |
| Formulas, evaluation | Variables |
| Formulas, referring to stack | Algebraic Entry |
| FORTRAN language | C FORTRAN Pascal |
| Fraction mode | Fraction Mode |
| Fractional part of a number | Integer Truncation |
| Fractions | Fractions |
| Fractions vs. floats | Modes Tutorial |
| Function call notation | Formulas |
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| G |
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| Gamma constant, Euler’s | Programming Tutorial |
| Gamma constant, Euler’s | Scientific Functions |
gamma variable | Variables |
gamma variable | Scientific Functions |
| Garbled displays, refreshing | Basic Commands |
GenCount variable | Multiple Solutions |
| Generic functions | Specifying Operators |
| Geometric mean | List Tutorial |
| Geometric mean | Single-Variable Statistics |
| Giac language | Giac Language Mode |
| Golden ratio | Programming Tutorial |
| Golden ratio | Scientific Functions |
| Gregorian calendar | Date Forms |
| Grouping digits | Grouping Digits |
| Guard digits | Modes Tutorial |
| Guard digits | Modes Tutorial |
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| H |
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| Harmonic mean | Single-Variable Statistics |
| Harmonic numbers | Programming Tutorial |
| Hash tables | Arithmetic Tutorial |
| Help commands | Help Commands |
| Hexadecimal integers | Radix Modes |
| Histograms | Manipulating Vectors |
Holidays variable | Business Days |
| Horizontal scrolling | Basic Commands |
| Hours-minutes-seconds forms | HMS Forms |
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| I |
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i variable | Variables |
i variable | Complex Formats |
| Identity matrix | Matrix Tutorial |
| Implicit comma in vectors | Formulas |
| Implicit multiplication | Formulas |
| Incomplete Algebraic Mode | Algebraic Entry |
| Incomplete complex numbers | Incomplete Objects |
| Incomplete interval forms | Incomplete Objects |
| Incomplete vectors | Incomplete Objects |
| Index tables | Manipulating Vectors |
| Inexact results | Symbolic Mode |
inf variable | Infinities |
| Infinite mode | Infinite Mode |
| Infinity | Infinities |
| Integer part of a number | Integer Truncation |
| Integers | Integers |
| Integration by Simpson’s rule | Basic Algebra Tutorial |
| Integration, numerical | Basic Algebra Tutorial |
| Interval forms | Interval Forms |
| Inverse of permutation | Manipulating Vectors |
| ISO 8601 | ISO 8601 |
| Iterative structures | Loops in Macros |
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| J |
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| Julian calendar | Date Forms |
| Julian day counting | Date Forms |
| Julian day counts, conversions | Date Conversions |
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| K |
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| Keyboard macros | Keyboard Macros |
| Keyboard macros, editing | Naming Keyboard Macros |
| Kill ring | Killing From Stack |
| Knuth, Art of Computer Programming | History and Acknowledgments |
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| L |
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| Lambda expressions | Specifying Operators |
| Large numbers, readability | Modes Tutorial |
| Last-arguments feature | Undo |
| LaTeX language | TeX and LaTeX Language Modes |
| Leading zeros | Radix Modes |
| Least-squares fits | Linear Fits |
| Least-squares for fitting a straight line | List Tutorial |
| Least-squares for over-determined systems | Matrix Tutorial |
| Levels of stack | RPN Tutorial |
| Line breaking | Normal Language Modes |
| Line, fitting data to | List Tutorial |
| Linear correlation | Paired-Sample Statistics |
| Linear equations, systems of | Matrix Tutorial |
| Linear regression | Linear Fits |
| Linearity testing | Logical Operations |
LineStyles variable | Graphics Options |
| Lists | List Tutorial |
| Local variables | Local Values in Macros |
| Looping structures | Loops in Macros |
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| M |
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| Maple language | Maple Language Mode |
| Matchstick problem | List Tutorial |
| Mathematica language | Mathematica Language Mode |
| Matrices | Vectors and Matrices |
| Matrix display | Normal Language Modes |
| Matrix mode | Matrix Mode |
max-lisp-eval-depth | Recursion Depth |
| Maxima language | Maxima Language Mode |
| Maximizing a function over a list of values | List Tutorial |
| Maximum of a function using Calculus | Basic Algebra Tutorial |
| Mean of data values | Single-Variable Statistics |
| Median of data values | Single-Variable Statistics |
| Minimization, numerical | Minimization |
| Minus signs | Numeric Entry |
| Mistakes, undoing | Undo |
| Mode line indicators | Calc Mode Line |
Modes variable | Modes Variable |
| Modulo division | Modulo Forms |
| Modulo forms | Modulo Forms |
| Moving stack entries | Stack Manipulation |
| Multiplication, implicit | Formulas |
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| N |
|---|
| Nameless functions | Specifying Operators |
nan variable | Infinities |
| Narrowing the stack | Truncating the Stack |
| Negative numbers, entering | Numeric Entry |
| Newton’s method | Root Finding |
| Non-decimal numbers | Radix Modes |
| Normalizing a vector | Vector Analysis Tutorial |
| Numerator of a fraction, extracting | Packing and Unpacking |
| Numeric entry | Numeric Entry |
| Numerical integration | Basic Algebra Tutorial |
| Numerical Recipes | History and Acknowledgments |
| Numerical root-finding | Root Finding |
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| O |
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| Octal integers | Radix Modes |
| Operands | RPN Tutorial |
| Operators | RPN Tutorial |
| Operators in formulas | Formulas |
| Over-determined systems of equations | Matrix Tutorial |
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| P |
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| Parsing formulas, customized | Syntax Tables |
| Parts of formulas | Selecting Subformulas |
| Pascal language | C FORTRAN Pascal |
| Pattern matching | Rewrite Rules |
| Performance | Working Message |
| Permanent mode settings | General Mode Commands |
| Permanent user definitions | Creating User Keys |
| Permanent variables | Operations on Variables |
| Permutation, inverse of | Manipulating Vectors |
| Permutations, applying | Extracting Elements |
| Perpendicular vectors | Vector Analysis Tutorial |
phi variable | Variables |
phi variable | Scientific Functions |
| Phi, golden ratio | Programming Tutorial |
| Phi, golden ratio | Scientific Functions |
pi variable | Variables |
pi variable | Scientific Functions |
| Plain vectors | Vectors and Matrices |
PlotRejects variable | Basic Graphics |
PointStyles variable | Graphics Options |
| Polar mode | Polar Mode |
| Polynomial, list of coefficients | Programming Tutorial |
| Population statistics | Single-Variable Statistics |
| Positive Infinite mode | Infinite Mode |
| Precedence of operators | Formulas |
| Precision of calculations | Precision |
| Primes | Combinatorial Functions |
| Principal values | Branch Cuts |
| Product of a sequence | Summations |
| Programming Calc | Programming |
| Programming Calc, with algebraic formulas | Algebraic Definitions |
| Programming Calc, with keyboard macros | Keyboard Macros |
| Pythagorean Theorem | RPN Tutorial |
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| Q |
|---|
| Quaternions | Examples of Rewrite Rules |
| Quick Calculator | Quick Calculator |
| Quick units | User-Defined Units |
| Quick variables | Storing Variables |
| Quitting the Calculator | Basic Commands |
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| R |
|---|
| Radix display | Radix Modes |
| Rank tables | Manipulating Vectors |
| Recalling variables | Recalling Variables |
| Reciprocal | Basic Arithmetic |
| Recursion | Programming Tutorial |
| Recursion depth | Recursion Depth |
| Redoing after an Undo | Undo |
| Refreshing a garbled display | Basic Commands |
| Registers | Saving Into Registers |
| Removing stack entries | Stack Manipulation |
| Reshaping a matrix | Manipulating Vectors |
| Restoring saved modes | Local Values in Macros |
| Retrieving previous results | Trail Commands |
| Reverse Polish notation | RPN Tutorial |
| Rewrite rules | Rewrite Rules |
| Root-mean-square | Single-Variable Statistics |
| Roots of equations | Root Finding |
| Round-off errors | Modes Tutorial |
| Roundoff errors, correcting | Conversions |
| Roundoff errors, examples | Modes Tutorial |
| Roundoff errors, examples | Arithmetic Tutorial |
| Roundoff errors, in non-decimal numbers | Modes Tutorial |
| RPN notation | RPN Tutorial |
| Running the Calculator | Basic Commands |
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| S |
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| Sample statistics | Single-Variable Statistics |
| Saving mode settings | General Mode Commands |
| Scalar mode | Matrix Mode |
| Scientific notation, display of | Float Formats |
| Scientific notation, entry of | Modes Tutorial |
| Scientific notation, in non-decimal numbers | Modes Tutorial |
| Scrolling | Basic Commands |
| Selections | Selecting Subformulas |
| Sets, as binary numbers | Set Operations |
| Sets, as vectors | Set Operations |
| Simpson’s rule | Basic Algebra Tutorial |
| Sine integral Si(x) | Programming Tutorial |
| Slope and angle of a line | Types Tutorial |
| Solving equations | Solving Equations |
| Sorting data | Manipulating Vectors |
| Speed of light | Types Tutorial |
| Square-free numbers | List Tutorial |
| Stack basics | Stack Basics |
| Stack levels | RPN Tutorial |
| Standalone Operation | Standalone Operation |
| Standard deviation | Single-Variable Statistics |
| Standard deviations | Error Forms |
| Standard user interface | The Standard Interface |
| Starting the Calculator | Basic Commands |
| Statistical functions | Statistical Operations |
| Storing user definitions | Creating User Keys |
| Storing variables | Storing Variables |
| Storing variables | Operations on Variables |
| Strings | Strings |
| Sub-formulas | Selecting Subformulas |
| Subscript notation | Extracting Elements |
| Summation of a series | Summations |
| Summations (by keyboard macros) | Loops in Macros |
| Summations (statistical) | Single-Variable Statistics |
| Summing rows and columns of data | Grabbing From Buffers |
| Symbolic mode | Symbolic Mode |
| Syntax tables | Syntax Tables |
| Systems of equations, numerical | Numerical Systems of Equations |
| Systems of equations, symbolic | Solving Systems of Equations |
| Systems of linear equations | Matrix Tutorial |
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| T |
|---|
| Temperature conversion | Basic Operations on Units |
| Temporary assignment to variables | Let Command |
| TeX language | TeX and LaTeX Language Modes |
| Time of day | HMS Forms |
| Time travel | Undo Tutorial |
| Time zones | Time Zones |
| Time Zones, converting between | Date Conversions |
TimeZone variable | Time Zones |
| Torus, volume of | Types Tutorial |
| Total Algebraic Mode | Algebraic Entry |
| Trail buffer | Trail Commands |
| Trail pointer | Trail Commands |
| Transformations | Rewrite Rules |
| Triangular lists | List Tutorial |
| Truncating the stack | Truncating the Stack |
| Two’s complements | Radix Modes |
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| U |
|---|
uinf variable | Infinities |
| Un-storing variables | Storing Variables |
| Unary operators | Arithmetic Tutorial |
| Undoing mistakes | Undo |
| Unit vectors | Vector Analysis Tutorial |
Units variable | User-Defined Units |
UnitSimpRules variable | Automatic Rewrites |
| Unix time format | Date Forms |
| Unix time format, conversions | Date Conversions |
| Unsafe simplifications | Unsafe Simplifications |
| User-defined units | User-Defined Units |
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| V |
|---|
| Variables, evaluation | Variables |
| Variables, in formulas | Variables |
| Variables, temporary assignment | Let Command |
| Variance of data values | Single-Variable Statistics |
| Vectors | Vectors and Matrices |
| Vertical scrolling | Basic Commands |
| Void variables | Storing Variables |
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| W |
|---|
| Why did an error occur? | Error Messages |
| Wide text, scrolling | Basic Commands |
| Word size for binary operations | Binary Functions |
| Working messages | Working Message |
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| Y |
|---|
| Yacas language | Yacas Language Mode |
|