Functions applied to lists – HP 49g+ User Manual

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Note: If we had entered the elements in lists L4 and L3 as integers, the infinite
symbol would be shown whenever a division by zero occurs. To produce the
following result you need to re-enter the lists as integer (remove decimal
points) using Exact mode:



If the lists involved in the operation have different lengths, an error message
(Invalid Dimensions) is produced. Try, for example, L1-L4.

The plus sign (

+), when applied to lists, acts a concatenation operator,

putting together the two lists, rather than adding them term-by-term. For
example:

In order to produce term-by-term addition of two lists of the same length, we
need to use operator ADD. This operator can be loaded by using the function
catalog (

‚N). The screen below shows an application of ADD to add

lists L1 and L2, term-by-term:

Functions applied to lists

Real number functions from the keyboard (ABS, e

x

, LN, 10

x

, LOG, SIN, x

2

,

,

COS, TAN, ASIN, ACOS, ATAN, y

x

) as well as those from the

MTH/HYPERBOLIC menu (SINH, COSH, TANH, ASINH, ACOSH, ATANH),
and MTH/REAL menu (%, etc.), can be applied to lists, e.g.,

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