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Appendixes ................................................................

 

 

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Appendix A: The Automatic Memory Stack ...................

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Getting Numbers Into the Stack: TheKey..............................

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Termination of Digit Entry .....................................................

 

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Stack Lift.............................................................................

 

 

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Rearranging Numbers in the Stack ...............................................

 

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The

key .....................................................................

 

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The

Key .......................................................................

 

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One-Number Functions and the Stack ...........................................

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Two-Number Functions and the Stack............................................

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Mathematics Functions .........................................................

 

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Percentage Functions............................................................

 

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Calendar and Financial Functions.................................................

 

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The LAST X Register and theKey .........................................

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Chain Calculations .....................................................................

 

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Arithmetic Calculations with Constants ..........................................

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Appendix B: More About L......................................

 

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Appendix C: Error Conditions ......................................

 

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Error 0: Mathematics ..................................................................

 

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Error 1: Storage Register Overflow ...............................................

 

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Error 2: Statistics ........................................................................

 

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Error 3: IRR................................................................................

 

 

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Error 4: Memory ........................................................................

 

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Error 5: Compound Interest..........................................................

 

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Error 6: Storage Registers............................................................

 

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Error 7: IRR................................................................................

 

 

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Error 8: Calendar.......................................................................

 

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Error 9: Service ..........................................................................

 

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Pr Error .....................................................................................

 

 

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Appendix D: Formulas Used ........................................

 

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Percentage ................................................................................

 

 

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Interest ......................................................................................

 

 

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Simple Interest.....................................................................

 

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Compound Interest...............................................................

 

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Amortization..............................................................................

 

 

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Discounted Cash Flow Analysis ....................................................

 

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Net Present Value ................................................................

 

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Internal Rate of Return ..........................................................

 

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Calendar ..................................................................................

 

 

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Actual Day Basis .................................................................

 

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