HP 40G manual Contents

Contents

Preface

Manual conventions	P-1
Notice	P-2

1 Getting started

On/off, cancel operations	1-1
The display	1-2
The keyboard	1-3
Menus	1-8
Input forms	1-9
Mode settings	1-9
Setting a mode	1-11
Aplets (E–lessons)	1-11
Aplet library	1-15
Aplet views	1-15
Aplet view configuration	1-17
Mathematical calculations	1-18
Using fractions	1-24
Complex numbers	1-27
Catalogs and editors	1-28
Differences between the HP 38G and the HP 39G/40G	1-29

2 Aplets and their views

Aplet views	2-1
About the Symbolic view	2-1
Defining an expression (Symbolic view)	2-1
Evaluating expressions	2-3
About the Plot view	2-5
Setting up the plot (Plot view setup)	2-5
Exploring the graph	2-7
Other views for scaling and splitting the graph	2-14
About the numeric view	2-16
Setting up the table (numeric view setup)	2-17
Exploring the table of numbers	2-18
Building your own table of numbers	2-19
“Build Your Own” menu keys	2-20
Example: plotting a circle	2-21

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