HP HP-35 - Overflow, Underflow, and Scientific Notation; Improper Calculations

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Logarit hmic operations have an additiona l l imi t ation of
1:3 in the 10th decimal !leasl signif i cant) digit in the
displayed answer.
Trigonomet"c operations have an additional occurocy
limitation of ±1 >< 10 -
9
on the displayed answer.
E>< a mpl e: Your Hp·35 shows that In 5 - 1.6094379 12.
The ac<:urocy
statement sayS that 1.609437 9 12
IS the rl3lural logarithm 01 a number between
4.999999998 and 5.000000002.
OV ERFL OW A ND UN DERFLO W
Any COmput811on or data entry resuillng in a IT\iIgnitude
equal
10 or greater IhM 10
100
causes 9.999999999 99
to be displayed. Computations or data entries having a
IT\iIgniwde less t
han 10-
99
are displayed as zero.
SCIENT IFI C NOTATIO N
Answers greater than
10
10
and smaller tha n 10 -
2
Jrc
displayed
in sC i ent ific notation.
I MPROPER CALCULAT I ONS
If you attempt an Improper Calculation such as diVision
by zerO, a blonkong zero appears. To reset, press t!13 . The
fQllowong aperallons afe Improper .
• DiVISIon
by ;rero
• Square
root 01 a nega\lve number
• In ,,', log Xor XY, where X ""O
• arc son Xor arc cos X, where Ix! > 1