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Matrix Calculation

Matrix mode

Follow these steps to enter MATRIX mode

  1. Press MODE to open Mode dialog

    Press `MODE` to open **Mode dialog**
  2. Tap MATRIX item to enter matrix mode

    Tap `MATRIX` item to enter matrix mode
  3. Press SHIFT 4 to open matrix menu

    Press `SHIFT` `4` to open matrix menu

Matrix menu

Matrix menu tabs explain

  • NAMES menu: tap an item on this menu to insert a matrix to calculator’s input view
`NAMES` menu
  • EDIT menu: tap an item on this menu to edit value of a matrix
`EDIT` menu
  • MATH menu contains functions to operate on matrices
`MATH` menu

Entering matrix value

Example

MatA =[4−126]


MatB =[2−3−1641]


MatC =[92−31]


  1. Open EDIT menu ( SHIFT 4 ), select MatA

    Open `EDIT` menu
  2. Tap Change dimension to resize the matrix MatA

    Tap `Change dimension`
  3. Select 2x2 matrix, then press Done

    Select `2x2` matrix
  4. Enter value for each cell of matrix MatA, keys: 4 = 2 = - 1 = 6 = `

    Enter value for each cell of matrix `MatA`
  5. Entering value of matrix MatB=[2−3−1641] using the same way of entering matrix MatA

    Entering value of matrix `MatB=[[2, -1, 4], [-3, 6, 1]]`
  6. Entering value of matrix MatC=[92−31] using the same way of entering matrix MatA

    Entering value of matrix `MatC=[[9, -3], [2, 1]]`

    Press AC to exit matrix editor screen

Operation on matrices

Adding 2 matrices

MatA + MatB

Enter matrix MatA: SHIFT 4 => NAMES => select MatA item

Enter matrix `MatA`

Press + (Add) key, then enter matrix MatB: SHIFT 4 => NAMES => select MatB item

Press `+` (Add) key

The result is displayed

The result is displayed

Multiply 2 matrices

MatA × MatB

Enter matrix MatA: SHIFT 4 => NAMES => select MatA item

Enter matrix `MatA`

Press × (Multiply) key, then enter matrix MatB: SHIFT 4 => NAMES => select MatB item

Press `×` (Multiply) key

Power

Use the power key to perform multiply matrix n times

multiply matrix `n` times

Inverse

Open matrix MATH menu: SHIFT 4 => MATH

Open matrix `MATH` menu

Tap Inverse item to enter Inverse function, then using NAMES menu to insert MatA Tap the result to see numeric form (if current settings is symbolic form)

Tap `Inverse` item

Det

Open matrix MATH menu: SHIFT 4 => MATH

Open matrix `MATH` menu

Tap Det item to enter Det function, then using NAMES menu to insert MatA

Tap `Det` item

Other matrix functions

  • MatrixRank
  • Transpose
  • RowReduce
Other matrix functions