HP 49g manual Functions applied to complex numbers, Function Droite equation of a straight line

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Functions applied to complex numbers

Many of the keyboard-based functions and MTH menu functions defined in Chapter 3 for real numbers (e.g., SQ, ,LN, ex, etc.), can be applied to complex numbers. The result is another complex number, as illustrated in the following examples.

Note: When using trigonometric functions and their inverses with complex numbers the arguments are no longer angles. Therefore, the angular measure selected for the calculator has no bearing in the calculation of these functions with complex arguments.

Function DROITE: equation of a straight line

Function DROITE takes as argument two complex numbers, say, x1+iy1 and x2+iy2, and returns the equation of the straight line, say, y = a+bx, that contains the points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2). For example, the line between points A(5,-3) and B(6,2) can be found as follows (example in Algebraic mode):

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HP 49g manual Functions applied to complex numbers, Function Droite equation of a straight line