Symbolic Manipulation
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In the AUTO setting, functions such as
solve
determine as many solutions as possible
exactly, and then use approximate numerical methods if necessary to determine
additional solutions. Similarly,
ä
(integrate) uses approximate numerical methods if
appropriate where exact symbolic methods fail.
Automatic Simplification
When you type an expression on the entry line and press
¸
, the TI-89 Titanium
automatically simplifies the expression according to its default simplification rules.
Advantages
Disadvantages
You see exact results when practical,
and approximate numeric results
when exact results are impractical.
You can often control the format of a
result by choosing to enter some
coefficients as either rational or
floating-point numbers.
If you are interested only in exact
results, some time may be wasted
seeking approximate results.
If you are interested only in
approximate results, some time may
be wasted seeking exact results.
Moreover, you might exhaust the
memory seeking those exact results.
Summary of Contents for Titanium TI-89
Page 9: ...Getting Started 6 TI 89 Titanium keys Ë Ì Í Ê ...
Page 34: ...Getting Started 31 2 or D 2 B u s i n e s s D B D B Press Result ...
Page 43: ...Getting Started 40 3 0 D B D D B D Press Result ...
Page 44: ...Getting Started 41 D 2 0 0 2 D B Scroll down to October and press Press Result ...
Page 58: ...Getting Started 55 Example Set split screen mode to TOP BOTTOM Press Result 3 B D ...
Page 70: ...Getting Started 67 ...
Page 175: ...Operating the Calculator 172 From the Keyboard ...
Page 456: ...Tables 453 ...
Page 527: ...Data Matrix Editor 524 ...