HP 15c Scientific manual Introduction

Introduction

Congratulations! Whether you are new to HP calculators or an experienced user, you will find the HP-15C a powerful and valuable calculating tool. The HP-15C provides:

448 bytes of program memory (one or two bytes per instruction) and sophisticated programming capability, including conditional and unconditional branching, subroutines, flags, and editing.

Four advanced mathematics capabilities: complex number calculations, matrix calculations, solving for roots, and numerical integration.

Direct and indirect storage in up to 67 registers.

This handbook is written for you, regardless of your level of expertise. The beginning part covers all the basic functions of the HP-15C and how to use them. The second part covers programming and is broken down into three subsections – The Mechanics, Examples, and Further Information – in order to make it easy for users with varying backgrounds to find the information they need. The last part describes the four advanced mathematics capabilities.

Before starting these sections, you may want to gain some operating and programming experience on the HP-15C by working through the introductory material, The HP-15C: A Problem Solver, on page 12.

The various appendices describe additional details of calculator operation, as well as warranty and service information. The Function Summary and Index and the Programming Summary and Index at the back of this manual can be used for quick reference to each function key and as a handy page reference to more comprehensive information inside the manual.

Also available from Hewlett-Packard is the HP-15C Advanced Functions Handbook, which provides applications and technical descriptions for the root-solving, integration, complex number, and matrix functions.

Note: You certainly do not need to read every part of the manual before delving into the HP-15C Advanced Functions if you are already familiar with HP calculators. The use of _ and f requires a knowledge of HP-15C programming.

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