Graphmatica Help - Entering Equations

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ENTERING EQUATIONS There are few restrictions on the form of your equations, and those are probably pretty familiar to you if you have ever worked with BASIC. Your equation must include: * exactly one dependent variable (y, x, or r) exactly one equality or inequality operator (=, <, <=, >,or >=) some sort of expression on each side of the equals sign The rest is up to you. You can also include: as many instances of the independent variable (x or t) as you like, or none. special free variables a, b, and c constants (decimal numbers, pi, d, and e are valid) basic math operations (+, -, *, / for division, ^ for exponents). Multiplication can be implied. nested parentheses to any extent trigonometric, exponential, and other functions a domain, which may be open or closed on both sides a comment, so you can make notes to yourself or others (* Parametric equations, because they are inherently different from most others, have different requirements which are explained in detail in Parametric Graphing. Also, note that many implicit Cartesian functions can be graphed even though they contain multiple references to both x and y.) For an exact list of these operators, see the Operator Table. The order of operations is the standard algebraic left to right of: Functions Parentheses Exponents Unary minus (-) Multiplication and division Addition and subtraction In order to simplify your expressions, Graphmatica supports implied multiplication, as in 3x or 5(2x+3). It will handle constants followed by identifiers without a space in between, but you must separate alphabetic identifiers with a space, paren, or an arithmetic operator (except for the single special case "xy"). In addition, numbers which follow a variable or function must be separated from it by an operator or space, in order to support variables and functions with numerals in their names (currently only d2x, d3x, etc.)--x3 would have to be expressed as x*3 or x 3. You also do not have to surround arguments to functions with parentheses in most cases. If you choose not to use them, the first term following the function name (e.g. up to the first + or - sign outside of parentheses) will be taken as the argument. For brief or in-depth information about each of the types of graphs Graphmatica supports, read the Overview of Graphing Techniques. Help contents kSoft, Inc. ksoft@graphmatica.com Last updated: Sun 17 Apr 2011 Back to kSoft homepage...

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19/07/2011