Overview and Features


Product overview

The HP calculator offers 3D graphing, notes, and lists in an RPN-capable graphing calculator. It is a scientific, programmable, graphing calculator for professionals in math, science, and engineering.

Product features

Physical features

  • 131 x 64 pixel high contrast display (131 x 80 for the HP 49g+)
  • RPN, assembly, and HP basic entry system logic

Memory features

Memory features for the HP 49g series include the following:
  • Over 2300 built-in functions
  • 5 MB of memory (512 KB RAM and 1 MB Flash ROM for data storage)
    Memory features for the HP 48g II include the following:
  • 88 KB of memory

Dynamic algebra and calculus features

The Computer Algebra System (CAS) offers both dynamic symbolic manipulation and symbolic and numeric solving. The CAS also offers a step-by-step mode for dynamic derivation, integration, and linear-algebraic problem solving, which displays all the steps and results in textbook mode.

Editing features

The editor edits expressions, text, graphs, and programs and includes the following options:
  • Isolating and evaluating sub-expressions
  • Cutting, pasting, and copying objects
  • Inserting missing parentheses
  • Prompting subsequent inputs

Mathematical features

The calculator performs a wide range of mathematical functions including the following:
  • Factorization
  • Expansion
  • Substitution
  • Linear equations
  • Linear algebra and matrices
  • Limits
  • Derivation
  • Integration
  • Differential equations
  • Taylor Polynomials
  • Trigonometry and Hyperbolic Functions
  • Degrees
  • Radians
  • Lists
  • Sequences
  • Exponential functions
  • Logarithmic functions

Science and engineering features

The calculator contains three separate scientific and engineering libraries. These libraries include the following:
  • Library of 127 units-of-measure
  • Library of Unit conversions
  • Library of 40 physical constants

Graphing features

The calculator offers 15 plot types including function, parametric, polar, conic, differential, wireframe, and statistical plots. Other graphing features include the following:
  • Real time rotation
  • Function analysis
  • 2D/3D plotting with tracing and zooming capabilities

Statistical inferences

The calculator performs hypothesis tests and measures confidence intervals that relate to a population. It allows inputting, viewing, and editing sample data in table format similar to a computer spreadsheet or table and plots the results.