A21 Hello. A while back, I wrote a small integration document to tackle some integrals that the 49G could not solve automatically (if you are interested, search Google Groups for [49G]: Integration: A Student's Perspective). I have not seen too many new posts about the 49G not being able to solve such and such an integral symbolically. If you ==== polynomial systems symbolically using the HP 49G CAS. When I say trouble I mean I cannot get the calculator to solve these particular systems by itself (these systems, of course, can be solved by simple substitutionsmanipulations on the user's part). My question is not necessarily can I solve these equations (which is an obvious yes), but why does the 49G have problems with these systems. Here are two examples: (1) ['Y^2=2*X' 'X^2=Y'] ['X' 'Y'] SOLVE (2) ['S^3-T^3=A' '3*S*T'=B'] ['S' 'T'] SOLVE Both of these systems result in the infamous Unable to factor message and are returned unevaluated. One of my questions is, what exactly does this message mean (as I have received it in all sorts of symbolic calculations)? In this case, is it a by-product of internal manipulations done by the Grobner basis engine? Or is it something else? Second, why is it that the 49G cannot solve these sets of equations by its own (compared to, say, the TI-89 which can do both of these automatically)? I agree it is a great strength of the 49G CAS to allow you to manipulate expressions easily in hopes of finding an answer when the 49G fails, but I am having trouble understanding why these equations cannot be solved when they seem so simple. Perhaps it was intentionally left this way for some reason (perhaps to save ==== ==== HI! ==== I am trying to back up the contents of my home directory ( and associated sub-directories). I am using the PC connectivity kit 3.0r4 connected to my PC. I am using RPN mode on the calculator( the only mode that should be ==== ==== I agree that this is an excellent idea. By the way, if you need any assistance, I would love to help out. I have been using the 49G for over a year now (not counting how long I have used the emulator before that) and I still consider myself a beginner. This would be a great addition to the FAQdocumentation world for the HP 49G. One thing I would like to stress is that there should be a good deal about the CAS (perhaps you disagree?), which is the most confusing subject for a document a while back, but I do not know if it would be useful to the beginner, or an intermediate user. If you would like to see it, search for [49G]: Integration: A Student's Perspective on Google and tell me what you think (you can use it if you like it; or if you think it is crap, give me some feedback so I can make it better! :-). In any case, I would like to emphasize that this is something that could really help new users, and may even catch the eye of those who want to know more about the HP 49G before they purchase one. Well, I guess I am just about done rambling... best wishes, --Rahul Hor216 They worked in the WEIGHT3 program; perhaps the reference supplied earlier by Bob Wheeler (who supplied these formulas) might contain a better explanation. Bob said: Set SW(0)=SX(0)=M(0)=0 so assume W(0)=0 also. HP seems to use the terminology population (of all the observations) variance, which goes to zero, and sample (predicted from observations) variance, which goes to infinity at N=1. To make a confusing comedy routine out of this, we might say that the population variance means of the sample, while the sample variance means of the entire population -- that's why I only choose by which is larger and which is smaller, and don't try to remember what it's called :) But Mycroft is a very precise mathematician, and won't settle for just getting the right answers, the way engineers do ;) uhm... talking about conflicts: they remark so much the difference between dividing by N-1 and by N, when they also recommend to use a very large N, otherwise the stats are meaningless... However Bob's formulas should be slightly slower than the ones I had, since they use 1 division per iteration, while I use 2 divisions at the end (but don't ask me about numerical precision): and if N is greater than 2... ;) Has anyone got Bjorn Gahm's REM34BG to work with a NAD amplifer? CYNOX is a German Co . ? Has huge RAM versions of 48GX . ==== ==== By the last I'll assume that you've loaded everything correctly. Here's working source: % UPCASE C=DAT1 A ?C#0 A SKIPYES { % Too few args! LA 00201 GOVLNG 05023 } CD1EX A=DAT1 A D1=C LC 02A2C % (string) ?A=C A SKIPYES { % Bad arg type! LA 00202 GOVLNG 05023 } CD1EX RSTK=C CD1EX C=DAT1 A D1=C D1+5 C=DAT1 A C-5 CDEX A R0=C A C=D A DSRB A D-1 A GOTOC End D1+3 { D1+2 C=DAT1 B LA 61 % (ascii a) ?C