The Mth/Vector Menu - HP 50g User Manual

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Absolute value function
The absolute value function (ABS), when applied to a vector, produces the
magnitude of the vector. For a vector A = [A
,A
,...,A
], the magnitude is
1
2
n
2
2
2
|
A
|
A
A
L
A
defined as
. In the ALG mode, enter the function
x
y
z
BS([1,-2,6]),
name followed by the vector argument. For example:
BS( ), BS(u3), will show in the screen as follows:

The MTH/VECTOR menu

The MTH menu („´) contains a menu of functions that specifically to
vector objects:
The VECTOR menu contains the following functions (system flag 117 set to
CHOOSE boxes):
Magnitude
The magnitude of a vector, as discussed earlier, can be found with function
ABS. This function is also available from the keyboard („Ê). Examples of
application of function ABS were shown above.
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