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HP Prime Collect/Factor difference Message #1 Posted by bluesun08 on 29 Oct 2013, 7:39 a.m. What is the difference between the CAS-commands COLLECT and FACTOR?

Re: HP Prime Collect/Factor difference Message #2 Posted by Walter B on 29 Oct 2013, 8:19 a.m., in response to message #1 by bluesun08 The first requires seven letters and the second six. ISCNR. d:-)

Re: HP Prime Collect/Factor difference Message #3 Posted by bluesun08 on 29 Oct 2013, 8:29 a.m., in response to message #2 by Walter B PRIMEd?

Re: HP Prime Collect/Factor difference Message #4 Posted by Eddie W. Shore on 29 Oct 2013, 9:36 a.m., in response to message #1 by bluesun08 To my understanding, collect organizes the algebraic object: Example: collect(x^2+3*x*t-2*t^2+2*x,x) returns x^2+3*x*t+2*x-2*t^2 collect(x^2+3*x*t-2*t^2+2*x,t) returns -2*t^2+3*x*t+x^2+2*x While factor attempts to factor a polynomial.

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