Getting Started: Generating A Sequence - Texas Instruments TI-82 STATS Manual Book

Getting Started: Generating a Sequence

Getting Started is a fast-paced introduction. Read the chapter for details.
Calculate the first eight terms of the sequence 1/A
list. Then display the results in fraction form. Begin this example on a blank line on
the home screen.
1. Press y [
LIST
menu.
2. Press to select
5
the current cursor location.
¥ ƒ [
3. Press
1
¢ ¤ to enter the sequence.
8 1
4. Press ¿, and then press y ƒ to turn
on alpha-lock. Press [
ƒ to turn off alpha-lock. Press
complete the list name.
5. Press Í to generate the list and store it in
. The list is displayed on the home screen.
SEQ1
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
menu. Press Í to paste
current cursor location. (If
on your
LIST NAMES
before you press Í.)
SEQ1
7. Press  to display the
to select
1:4Frac
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.
11–2 Lists
] ~ to display the
LIST OPS
, which pastes
5:seq(
] ¡ ¢ ƒ [
A
] [ ] [ ], and then press
S E Q
] to display the
LIST NAMES
Ù Ù Ù Ù SEQ1
is not item
SEQ1
menu, move the cursor to
menu. Press
MATH
, which pastes
4Frac
2
. Store the results to a user-created
to
seq(
] ¢ ¢
1
A
to
1
to the
1
1
to the