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Abbreviations used in Calculator

Below is an explanation of abbreviations you may see when you display the Paper Tape in Calculator. You can also use these abbreviations when you edit the Paper Tape. When you use the Paper Tape, expressions are in the form: 6+5*3*(6+9), sind(30)+sind(60), 8!, pow(3,2)+log(30), and so on.

important: When editing calculations, do not put an equal sign (=) at the end.

You can "nest" one calculation inside another. For example, rint(sqrt(56)) returns a value of 7.

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Abbreviation

Description

Sample

acos

inverse cosine, in radians

acos(0.123)

acosd

inverse cosine, in degrees

acosd(0.5)

acosh

inverse hyperbolic cosine

acosh(3.627)

asin

inverse sine, in radians

asin(0.123)

asind

inverse sine, degrees

asind(0.5)

asinh

inverse hyperbolic sine

asinh(3.627)

atan

inverse tangent, in radians

atan(0.12345)

atand

inverse tangent, in degrees

atand(0.5)

atanh

inverse hyperbolic tangent

atanh(3.627)

cbrt

cube root

cbrt(27)

ceil

integer no less than

ceil(3.25)

cos

cosine of x, where x is in radians

cos(0.123)

cosd

cosine of x, where x is in degrees

cosd(60)

cosh

hyperbolic cosine

cosh(2.34)

erfc

complementary error function of x

erfc(3.89)

exp

exponential e^x

exp(3)

fabs

absolute value

fabs(-3.25)

fact

factorial of x

fact(8)

floor

integer no greater than

floor(3.25)

fmod

floating-point remainder of x/y

fmod(3.2,4.5)

hypot

Euclidean distance

hypot(3,4)

j0

bessel function of first kind or order 0

j0(0.5)

j1

bessel function of first kind or order 1

j1(0.5)

lgamma

log of gamma of x where x>0

lgamma(3.234)

ln

natural log

ln(3.5)

log

log base 10

log(5)

pow

exponential x^y

pow(3,2)

rem

remainder

rem(3,4)

rint

round to nearest integer

rint(4.375)

sin

sine of x where x is in radians

sin(0.1234)

sind

sine of x where x is in degrees

sind(30)

sinh

hyperbolic sine

sinh(2.34)

sqrt

square root

sqrt(9)

tan

tangent of x where x is in radians

tan(0.123)

tand

tangent of x where x is in degrees

tand(26.56)

tanh

hyperbolic tangent

tanh(2.34)

x!

factorial of x

fact(8)

y0

bessel function of second kind or order 0

y0(0.5)

y1

bessel function of second kind or order 1

y1(0.5)