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Algebra Window Functions

Enter Expressions and Set System Pararameters

Author:Expression enter expression
Author:Matrix enter matrix
Author:Vector enter vector

Declare:Algebra State:Input change input state variables
Declare:Algebra State:Output change output state variables
Declare:Algebra State:Simplification set options for simplification
Declare:Variable Domain declare variable and specify domain
Declare:Function Definition define a function
Declare:Variable Value assign a specific value to a variable

Options:Color set algebra window colors

Process Expressions

Simplify:Approximate compute numeric approximation
Simplify:Basic simplify
Simplify:Expand expand
Simplify:Factor factorize
Simplify:Substitute for:Variables substitute for variables
Simplify:Substitute for:Subexpression substitute for subexpression

Solve:Algebraically solve equation algebraically
Solve:Numerically solve equation numerically
Solve:System solve system of linear equations algebraically

Calculus:Differentiate calculate the derivative
Calculus:Integrate calculate the integral
Calculus:Limit calculate the limit
Calculus:Product calculate the product
Calculus:Sum calculate the sum
Calculus:Taylor-series calculate the taylor series
Calculus:Vector calculate a vector of values

Expression Management

&hibar;, ­or click with mouse highlight next or previous expression
Ctrl-End highlight last expression
Ctrl-Home highlight first expression
Ctrl-PageDown highlight expression at bottom of current screen
Ctrl-PageUp highlight expression at top of current screen
PageDown scroll display down and highlight expression at bottom
PageUp scroll display up and highlight expression at top
Ctrl- ®, Ctrl- ¬ sideshift expression

Ý- ®, Ý- ¬ highlight neighboring subexpression
Ý- &hibar; highlight next lower subexpression
Ý- ­ highlight next higher superexpression

Edit:Annotation update expression annotation
Edit:Copy Expressions copy highlighted expressions into clipboard
Edit:Expression edit expression, vector, or matrix
Edit:Go to Expression highlight specific expression
Edit:Move move sequence of expressions
Edit:Remove remove expressions
Edit:Unremove unremove expressions

File:Save As save math file under a name
File:Close close algebra window
File:Load:Data load ASCII file containing numbers as matrix
File:Load:Math load math file into active algebra window
File:Load:Utility load utility file without displaying definitions
File:New open unnamed algebra window
File:Open open math file in new algebra window
File:Save save math file under current name
File:Write To:Basic file save expressions in BASIC format
File:Write To:C file save expressions in C format
File:Write To:Fortran file save expressions in FORTRAN format
File:Write To:Pascal file save expressions in PASCAL format

Authoring An Expression

F3 copy highlighted expression
F4 copy highlighted expression and put parentheses around it
¿ enter input string
ESC interrupt the input or menu
TAB move to next active field
Ý-TAB move to previous active field
Insert switch insert mode on or off
Delete erase character at cursor's position
Back erase character left of cursor
¬, ® move cursor one character left / right
Home, End move cursor to beginning / end of editing line

Ctrl-Q or Ctrl-Ý-8 or ›sqrt‹ square root Ö
Ctrl-P or Alt-Ý-P or ›pi‹ p
Ctrl-E or Alt-Ý-1 or ›#e‹ Euler's number e
Ctrl-I or Ctrl-Ý-1 or ›#i‹ imaginary unit Ö-1=i
Ctrl-0 or Ctrl-Ý-2 or ›inf‹ infinity ¥
Ctrl-O or Alt-Ý-2 or ›deg‹ degree °
Ctrl-T or Alt-Ý-6 or ›complement‹ back accent `
Ctrl-U or Alt-Ý-4 or ›union‹ union È
Ctrl-N or Ctrl-Ý-4 or ›intersection‹ intersection Ç
Ctrl-B orCtrl-Ý-7 or ›sub‹ index &hibar;
Alt-Ý-A, Alt-Ý-B, etc. lower case Greek letters a, b, etc.
Alt-Ý-E or ›epsilon‹ Epsilon e
Ctrl-Ý-A, Ctrl-Ý-B, etc. upper case Greek letters A, B, etc.

Generate Documents

Edit:Mark and Copy mark then copy rectangular portion of screen
File:Print print document
File:Print Preview preview printing of document
File:Page Setup define format of print page
Options:Printing select printing options



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