Constants

 

The constants available from the MATH FUNCTIONS

 

menu are mathematical constants. These are described in

 

this section. The hp 39gs has two other menus of

 

constants: program constants and physical constants.

 

These are described in “Program constants and physical

 

constants” on page 13-24.

e

Natural logarithm base. Internally represented as

 

2.71828182846.

 

e

i

Imaginary value for –1 , the complex number (0,1).

 

i

MAXREAL

Maximum real number. Internally represented as

 

9.99999999999 x 10499.

 

MAXREAL

MINREAL

Minimum real number. Internally represented as

 

1x10-499.

 

MINREAL

π

Internally represented as 3.14159265359.

 

π

Conversions

 

The conversion functions are found on the Convert

 

menu. They enable you to make the following

 

conversions.

C

Convert from Fahrenheit to Celcius.

 

Example

 

C(212) returns 100

F

Convert from Celcius to Fahrenheit.

 

Example

 

F(0) returns 32

CM

Convert from inches to centimeters.

13-8

Using mathematical functions