Texas Instruments TITANIUM TI-89 User Manual

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3D Graphing

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5. Press

8 % to graph the equation.

It will take awhile to evaluate the graph; so be patient. When the graph is displayed,
the complex modulus surface touches the xy plane at exactly the complex zeros of
the polynomial:

L ,

i

, and

i

4. Display the Graph Formats dialog box:

8 Í Turn on the axes, set

Style = CONTOUR LEVELS

, and return to

the Window editor.

6. Press

…, and move the trace cursor to

the zero in the fourth quadrant.

The coordinates let you estimate
.428–.857

i

as the zero.

7. Press

N. Then use the cursor keys to

animate the graph and view it from
different eye angles.

This example shows
eye

q

=70, eye

f

=70,

and eye

ψ

=0.

1 1

2

---

3

2

-------

+

1
2

---

3

2

-------

The zero is precise
when z=0.

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