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- Symbols
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- Mathematical Operators
- + Add
- - Subtract, as in X-Y, or negate, as in -X
- / Divide
- * Multiply (may be omitted if omission does not affect meaning)
- ^ Raise to a power, as in X^2
- ! Factorial, where 4! is 4*3*2*1
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- Constants
- e constant = 2.718281828459045235360
- π Single digit equivalent of Pi: 3.14159265358979323855
- ∞ Represents situations where result is Infinity.
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- Function Symbols
- ∂ (equivalent of DIF Function), where ∂[x^3;x;1] is 3x^2
- ∫ (equivalent of INT Function), where ∫[x;x;1] is (constant + x^2/2)
- ∑ (equivalent of SUM Function)
- √ (equivalent of ROOT Function), where √(4)=2
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- Delimiters
- ( Opening delimiter around an expression or Function arguments
- ) Closing delimiter. Must balance with opening delimiter.
- [ May be used in lieu of left parenthesis
- ] May be used in lieu of right parenthesis
- , Thousands separator (12,345,678)
- . Decimal separator (4.67)
- ; Separator for Function arguments or matrix elements
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- (See "Matrices" for additional symbols that invoke matrix algebra operations.)
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