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HP 35s scientific calculator
user's guide
H
Edition 1
HP part number F2215AA-90001
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Notice REGISTER YOUR PRODUCT AT: www.register.hp.com THIS MANUAL AND ANY EXAMPLES CONTAINED HEREIN ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON- INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE FURNI
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Contents Part 1. Basic Operation 1. Getting Started............................................................1-1 Important Preliminaries............................................................. 1-1 Turning the Calculator On and Off ....................................... 1-1 Adjusting Display Contrast................................................... 1-1 Highlights of the Keyboard and Display ..................................... 1-2 Shifted Keys...........................................
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Complex number display format (, , ·‚)....................1-24 SHOWing Full 12–Digit Precision .......................................1-25 Fractions...............................................................................1-26 Entering Fractions..............................................................1-26 Messages..............................................................................1-27 Calculator Memory ................................................................1-28
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Using the MEM Catalog........................................................... 3-4 The VAR catalog................................................................. 3-4 Arithmetic with Stored Variables................................................ 3-6 Storage Arithmetic .............................................................. 3-6 Recall Arithmetic................................................................. 3-7 Exchanging x with Any Variable .........................................
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5. Fractions.....................................................................5-1 Entering Fractions ....................................................................5-1 Fractions in the Display.............................................................5-2 Display Rules......................................................................5-2 Accuracy Indicators.............................................................5-3 Changing the Fraction Display...................................
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Operator Precedence........................................................ 6-14 Equation Functions............................................................ 6-16 Syntax Errors.................................................................... 6-19 Verifying Equations................................................................ 6-19 7. Solving Equations........................................................7-1 Solving an Equation............................................................
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Dot product ......................................................................10-4 Angle between vectors.......................................................10-5 Vectors in Equations ...............................................................10-6 Vectors in Programs................................................................... 10-7 Creating Vectors from Variables or Registers ............................10-8 11.Base Conversions and Arithmetic and Logic................11-1 Arithmet
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Part 2. Programming 13.Simple Programming.................................................13-1 Designing a Program ............................................................. 13-3 Selecting a Mode ............................................................. 13-3 Program Boundaries (LBL and RTN)..................................... 13-4 Using RPN, ALG and Equations in Programs ........................ 13-4 Data Input and Output ...................................................... 13-5 Enteri
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Clearing One or More Programs.......................................13-23 The Checksum ................................................................13-23 Nonprogrammable Functions ................................................13-24 Programming with BASE .......................................................13-24 Selecting a Base Mode in a Program.................................13-25 Numbers Entered in Program Lines ....................................13-25 Polynomial Expressions and Horne
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15.Solving and Integrating Programs..............................15-1 Solving a Program................................................................. 15-1 Using SOLVE in a Program ..................................................... 15-6 Integrating a Program ............................................................ 15-7 Using Integration in a Program.............................................. 15-10 Restrictions on Solving and Integrating ................................... 15-11 16.St
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B. User Memory and the Stack.........................................B-1 Managing Calculator Memory...................................................B-1 Resetting the Calculator ............................................................B-2 Clearing Memory.....................................................................B-3 The Status of Stack Lift ..............................................................B-4 Disabling Operations..........................................................
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How SOLVE Finds a Root ......................................................... D-1 Interpreting Results................................................................... D-3 When SOLVE Cannot Find a Root ............................................. D-8 Round–Off Error .................................................................... D-13 E. More about Integration................................................E-1 How the Integral Is Evaluated...............................................
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12 Contents
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Part 1 Basic Operation
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1 Getting Started Watch for this symbol in the margin. It identifies examples or keystrokes that are shown in RPN mode and must be performed differently in ALG mode. Appendix C explains how to use your calculator in ALG mode. v Important Preliminaries Turning the Calculator On and Off To turn the calculator on, press . ON is printed on the bottom of the key. To turn the calculator off, press . That is, press and release the shift key, then press (which has OFF printed in yellow abov
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Highlights of the Keyboard and Display Shifted Keys Each key has three functions: one printed on its face, a left–shifted function (yellow), and a right–shifted function (blue). The shifted function names are printed in yellow above and in blue on the bottom of each key. Press the appropriate shift key ( or ) before pressing the key for the desired function. For example, to turn the calculator off, press and release the shift key, then press . 1-2 Getting Started
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Pressing or turns on the corresponding or annunciator symbol at the top of the display. The annunciator remains on until you press the next key. To cancel a shift key (and turn off its annunciator), press the same shift key again. Alpha Keys Left-shifted function Right-shifted Letter for alphabetic function key Most keys display a letter in their bottom right corner, as shown above. Whenever you need to type a letter (for example, a variable or a program label), the A..Z annunciator
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Backspacing and Clearing Among the first things you need to know are how to clear an entry, correct a number, and clear the entire display to start over. Keys for Clearing Key Description Backspace. If an expression is in the process of being entered, erases the character to the left of the entry cursor ( _ ). Otherwise, with a completed expression or the result of a calculation in line 2, replaces that result with a zero. also clears error messages and exits menus. behaves simi
