Texas Instruments TITANIUM TI-89 - Manual (Page 895)

Appendix A: Functions and Instructions 895
XorPic CATALOG
XorPic picVar [, row ] [, column ]
Displays the picture stored in picVar on the current
Graph screen.
Uses xor logic for each pixel. Only those pixel
positions that are exclusive to either the screen or
the picture are turned on. This instruction turns
off pixels that are turned on in both images.
picVar must contain a pic data type.
row and column , if included, specify the pixel
coordinates for the upper left corner of the
picture. Defaults are (0, 0).
zeros() MATH/Algebra menu
zeros( expression , var )
⇒ ⇒ ⇒ ⇒ list
Returns a list of candidate real values of var that
make expression =0. zeros() does this by
computing exp 8 8 8 8list(solve( expression =0, var ) ,var ) .
zeros(aù x^2+bù x+c,x) ¸
{ ë ( bñ-4øaøc-+b)
2øa
bñ-4øaøc-b
2øa
}
aù x^2+bù x+c|x=ans(1)[2] ¸ 0
For some purposes, the result form for zeros() is
more convenient than that of solve() . However,
the result form of zeros() cannot express implicit
solutions, solutions that require inequalities, or
solutions that do not involve
var .
Note: See also cSolve() , cZeros() , and solve() .
exact(zeros(aù ( e ^(x)+x)
(sign (x)ì 1),x)) ¸ {}
exact(solve(aù ( e ^(x)+x)
(sign (x)ì 1)=0,x)) ¸
e x + x = 0 or x>0 or a = 0
zeros({ expression1 , expression2 }, { varOrGuess1 ,
varOrGuess2 [, … ]}) ⇒ ⇒ ⇒ ⇒ matrix
Returns candidate real zeros of the simultaneous
algebraic
expressions , where each varOrGuess
specifies an unknown whose value you seek.
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 .
If all of the expressions are polynomials and if
you do NOT specify any initial guesses,
zeros()
uses the lexical Gröbner/Buchberger elimination
method to attempt to determine all real zeros.
For example, suppose you have a circle of radius r
at the origin and another circle of radius r
centered where the first circle crosses the positive
x-axis. Use
zeros() to find the intersections.
As illustrated by r in the example to the right,
simultaneous
polynomial expressions can have
extra variables that have no values, but represent
given numeric values that could be substituted
later.
Each row of the resulting matrix represents an
alternate zero, with the components ordered the
same as the
varOrGuess list. To extract a row,
index the matrix by [ row ].
zeros({x^2+y^2ì r^2,
(xì r)^2+y^2ì r^2},{x,y}) ¸







 r
2 3 ø r
2
r
2 л 3 ш r
2
Extract row 2: