Appendix A

Error Conditions

If you attempt a calculation containing an improper operation – say division by zero – the display will show Error and a number. To clear an error message, press any one key. This also restores the display prior to the Error display.

The HP-15C has the following error messages. (The description of Error 2 includes a list of statistical formulas used.)

Error 0: Improper Mathematics Operation

Illegal argument to math routine: ÷, where x = 0.

y, where:

out of Complex mode, y < 0 and x is noninteger;

out of Complex mode, y = 0 and x 0; or

in Complex mode, y = 0 and Re(x) 0. ¤, where, out of Complex mode, x < 0. , where x = 0.

o, where:

out of Complex mode, x 0; or

in Complex mode, x = 0.

Z, where:

out of Complex mode, x 0; or

in Complex mode, x = 0.

,, where, out of Complex mode, │x│> l. {, where, out of Complex mode, │x│> l. O÷, where x = 0.

l÷, where the contents of the addressed register = 0. ∆, where the value in the Y-register is 0.

H\, where, out of Complex mode, x< 1. H], where, out of Complex mode, │x│> 1. cp, where:

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