Texas Instruments TI-83 Getting Started: Generating a Sequence

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8311LIST.DOC TI-83 international English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/19/01 1:21 PM Printed: 02/19/01 1:37 PM
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Getting Started is a fast-paced introduction. Read the chapter for details.
Calculate the first eight terms of the sequence 1/A2. Store the results to a user-
created list. Then display the results in fraction form. Begin this example on a
blank line on the home screen.
1. Press y [LIST] ~ to display the LIST OPS
menu.
2. Press 5 to select 5:seq(, which pastes seq( to
the current cursor location.
3. Press 1 ¥ ƒ [A] ¡ ¢ ƒ [A] ¢ 1
¢ 8 ¢ 1 ¤ to enter the sequence.
4. Press ¿, and then press y ƒ to
turn on alpha-lock. Press [S] [E] [Q], and
then press ƒ to turn off alpha-lock.
Press 1 to complete the list name.
5. Press Í to generate the list and store it
in SEQ1. The list is displayed on the home
screen. An ellipsis (...) indicates that the list
continues beyond the viewing window.
Press ~ repeatedly (or press and hold ~)
to scroll the list and view all the list
elements.
6. Press y [LIST] to display the LIST NAMES
menu. Press Í to paste ÙSEQ1 to the
current cursor location. (If SEQ1 is not item
1 on your LIST NAMES menu, move the
cursor to SEQ1 before you press Í.)
7. Press  to display the MATH menu.
Press 1 to select 1:4Frac, which pastes 4Frac
to the current cursor location.
8. Press Í to show the sequence in
fraction form. Press ~ repeatedly (or press
and hold ~) to scroll the list and view all
the list elements.
Getting Started: Generating a Sequence