Appendix a: functions and instructions 799 – Texas Instruments TITANIUM TI-89 User Manual

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Appendix A: Functions and Instructions

799

cSolve()

temporarily sets the domain to complex

during the solution even if the current domain is
real. In the complex domain, fractional powers
having odd denominators use the principal rather
than the real branch. Consequently, solutions
from

solve()

to equations involving such

fractional powers are not necessarily a subset of
those from

cSolve()

.

cSolve(x^(1/3)=ë 1,x)

¸

false

solve(x^(1/3)=ë 1,x)

¸

x

=

ë

1

cSolve()

starts with exact symbolic methods.

Except in

EXACT

mode,

cSolve()

also uses

iterative approximate complex polynomial
factoring, if necessary.

Note: See also

cZeros()

,

solve()

, and

zeros()

.

Note: If

equation

is non-polynomial with

functions such as

abs()

,

angle()

,

conj()

,

real()

,

or

imag()

, you should place an underscore

(¥ ) at the end of

var

. By default, a variable is

treated as a real value.

Display

Digits

mode in

Fix 2

:

exact(cSolve(x^5+4x^4+5x

^3ì6xì3=0,x))

¸

cSolve(ans(1),x)

¸

If you use

var

_

, the variable is treated as

complex.

You should also use

var

_ for any other variables

in

equation

that might have unreal values.

Otherwise, you may receive unexpected results.

z is treated as real:

cSolve(conj(z)=1+

i

,z) ¸

z=1+

i

z_ is treated as complex:

cSolve(conj(z_)=1+

i

,z_) ¸

z_=1

i

cSolve(

equation1

and

equation2

[and

],

{

varOrGuess1

,

varOrGuess2

[,

]})

Boolean expression

Returns candidate complex solutions to the
simultaneous algebraic equations, where each

varOrGuess

specifies a variable that you want to

solve for.

Optionally, you can specify an initial guess for a
variable. Each

varOrGuess

must have the form:

variable

– or –

variable

=

real

or

non

-

real

number

For example,

x

is valid and so is

x=3+

i

.

If all of the equations are polynomials and if you
do NOT specify any initial guesses,

cSolve()

uses

the lexical Gröbner/Buchberger elimination
method to attempt to determine all complex
solutions.

Note: The following examples use an
underscore (¥ ) so that the variables will be
treated as complex.

Complex solutions can include both real and non-
real solutions, as in the example to the right.

cSolve(u_ùv_ìu_=v_ and

v_^2=ëu_,{u_,v_}) ¸

u_=1/2

+

3

2

ø

i

and v_=1/2 м

3

2

ш

i

or

u_=1/2

м

3

2

ш

i

and v_=1/2 +

3

2

ø

i

or u_=0 and v_=0

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