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  2. From: phudl@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr S J Liddicott)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
  4. Subject: Re: Iterations on HP-48?
  5. Date: 17 Nov 1992 11:32:56 -0000
  6. Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
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  10. References: <1992Nov2.210025.9774@news.duc.auburn.edu> <2b030f36.4952.2comp.sys <2b07e1fe.4952.3comp.sys.handhelds.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
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  13. In article <2b07e1fe.4952.3comp.sys.handhelds.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com> akcs.tsblue@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Thomas Stewart Blue) writes:
  14. >
  15. >Iterations.............I believe not? I believe you are correct in
  16. >asserting that the hp48 series uses Newton's method of approximation to
  17. >solve equations. 
  18.  
  19. Well, I say (in my ignorance) that because the 48SX is nicely programmable
  20. it will do iterations, though you may have to program part of it yourself.
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  25. | Sam   Jam|"Never underestimate the importance of a cheap laugh"-       |
  26. | Liddicott| phudl@csv.warwick.ac.uk  | I WAS IN IDAHO | Plucky Duck TTA |
  27. *---------------It's a thing that makes me go hmmm...--------------------*
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