Keyboard functions – HP 39gs User Manual

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Using mathematical functions

13-3

Keyboard functions

The most frequently used functions are available directly
from the keyboard. Many of the keyboard functions also
accept complex numbers as arguments.

,

,

,

Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide. Also accepts complex
numbers, lists and matrices.

value1+ value2, etc.

e

x

Natural exponential. Also accepts complex numbers.

e^value

Example

e^5 returns 148.413159103

Natural logarithm. Also accepts complex numbers.

LN(value)

Example

LN(1) returns 0

!

For a description, see
“COMB(5,2) returns 10. That is,
there are ten different ways that
five things can be combined two
at a time.!” on page 13-12.

For a description, see “Σ” on
page 13-11.

EEX

For a description, see “Scientific
notation (powers of 10)” on
page 1-20.

For a description, see “ ” on
page 11-7.

The multiplicative inverse
function finds the inverse of a
square matrix, and the
multiplicative inverse of a real or
complex number. Also works on
a list containing only these object
types.

x

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