Functions In The Arithmetic Menu - HP 50g User Manual

Functions in the ARITHMETIC menu

The ARITHMETIC menu is triggered through the keystroke combination
„Þ (associated with the 1 key). With system flag 117 set to
CHOOSE boxes, „Þ shows the following menu:
Out of this menu list, options 5 through 9 (DIVIS, FACTORS, LGCD,
PROPFRAC, SIMP2) correspond to common functions that apply to
integer numbers or to polynomials. The remaining options (
1. INTEGER, 2. POLYNOMIAL, 3. MODULO, and 4. PERMUTATION)
are actually sub-menus of functions that apply to specific mathematical
objects. When system flag 117 is set to SOFT menus, the ARITHMETIC
menu („Þ) produces:
Following, we present the help facility entries for functions FACTORS
and SIMP2 in the ARITHMETIC menu(IL@HELP):
FACTORS:
The functions associated with the ARITHMETIC submenus: INTEGER,
POLYNOMIAL, MODULO, and PERMUTATION, are presented in detail in
Chapter 5 in the calculator's user's guide. The following sections show
some applications to polynomials and fractions.
Page 5-7
SIMP2: