Texas Instruments TI-86 User Manual

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Chapter 10: Differential Equation Graphing

10DIFFEQ.DOC TI-86, Chap 10, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:28 PM Printed: 02/13/01 3:02 PM Page 150 of 20

10DIFFEQ.DOC TI-86, Chap 10, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:28 PM Printed: 02/13/01 3:02 PM Page 150 of 20

10DIFFEQ.DOC TI-86, Chap 10, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:28 PM Printed: 02/13/01 3:02 PM Page 150 of 20

Evaluating Differential Equations for a Specified t

When the trace cursor is not active, the

GRAPH

menu item

EVAL

evaluates currently selected

differential equations

Q

n

for a specified value of

t

,

tMin



t



tMax

. You can use it directly on

the graph. In a program or from the home screen,

eval

returns a list of

Q

values.

When

DirFld

or

SlpFld

field format is set, you must specify initial conditions before using

EVAL

.

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