Notation | Keyboard | Button Group | Button |
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Decimal numbers | 0123456789. | ||
Fractions | / | Operations |
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Variables | Type variables exactly as specified in the question. Variable names are displayed in italics. Variables are case-sensitive. You can't substitute | ||
Addition | + | Operations |
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Subtraction | - | Operations |
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Multiplication | * | Operations |
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Division | Type / to enter a fraction or use the keyboard shortcut for your operating system:
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Parentheses | ( The closing parenthesis is added automatically. | ||
Set delimiters (braces) | { The closing brace is added automatically. |
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Closed interval (brackets) | [ The closing bracket is added automatically. |
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Open interval (parentheses) | ( The closing parenthesis is added automatically. | Sets |
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Half-closed interval (half-open interval) | [ You can substitute (or ] as needed. |
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Empty set | empty |
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Union | union |
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Intersection | intersect |
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Square root | sqrt |
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Exponent | ^ |
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Factorial |
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Base or subscript |
| Functions Operations |
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Exponent and subscript of a variable |
| Functions Operations |
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| Functions Operations |
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Absolute value | | The closing vertical bar is added automatically. You can't paste the vertical bar (|) in calcPad. | Functions Operations |
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Exponential function | e^ | Functions Operations |
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Natural logarithm | ln | Functions Operations |
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Power of 10 | 10^ | Functions Operations |
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Logarithm (base 10) | log | Functions Operations |
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General Log | log ← _ | Functions Operations |
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pi | pi |
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theta | theta | Symbols |
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Infinity | infinity |
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Does not exist | DNE |
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Undefined | UNDEFINED |
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Imaginary unit | i Typing i displays the |
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Script l |
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Script E |
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Overline |
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hbar | hbar |
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Perpendicular |
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Parallel |
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Degrees |
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Equal | = | Relations |
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Greater than | > |
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Greater than or equal to | >= |
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Less than | < |
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Less than or equal to | <= |
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No solution | NOSOLUTION |
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Sine | sin | Trig |
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Cosine | cos |
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Tangent | tan |
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Cosecant | csc |
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Secant | sec |
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Cotangent | cot |
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Inverse sine (arcsine) | arcsin or sin←^-1→→ |
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Inverse cosine (arccosine) | arccos or cos←^-1→→ |
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Inverse tangent (arctangent) | arctan or tan←^-1→→ |
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Inverse cosecant (arccosecant) | arccsc or csc←^-1→→ |
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Inverse secant (arcsecant) | arcsec or sec←^-1→→ |
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Inverse cotangent (arccotangent) | arccot or cot←^-1→→ |
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Hyperbolic sine | sin ←h→ |
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Hyperbolic cosine | cos ←h→ |
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Hyperbolic tangent | tan ←h→ |
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Hyperbolic cosecant | csc ←h→ |
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Hyperbolic secant | sec ←h→ |
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Hyperbolic cotangent | cot ←h→ |
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Inverse hyperbolic sine (area hyperbolic sine) | arcsin←h→ or sin←h^-1→→ |
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Inverse hyperbolic cosine (area hyperbolic cosine) | arccosh←h→ or cos←h^-1→→ |
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Inverse hyperbolic tangent (area hyperbolic tangent) | arctanh←h→ or tan←h^-1→→ |
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Inverse hyperbolic cosecant (area hyperbolic cosecant) | arccsch ←h→ or csc ←h^-1→→ |
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Inverse hyperbolic secant (area hyperbolic secant) | arcsech←h→ or sec←h^-1→→ |
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Inverse hyperbolic cotangent (area hyperbolic cotangent) | arccoth←h→ or cot←h^-1→→ |
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Bold vector | There is no keyboard equivalent for this button. | Vectors |
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Vector bracket | <>← |
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Arrow vector |
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i unit vector |
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j unit vector |
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k unit vector |
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Unit vector (hat vector) |
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Lowercase Greek letter | Name of the letter in lowercase, for example, alpha, beta, gamma. | Greek |  |
Uppercase Greek letter | Capitalized name of the letter, for example, Alpha, Beta, Gamma. | Greek |  |
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