Re: 85 Question, raising a negative number to a fractional
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Re: 85 Question, raising a negative number to a fractional exponent
There are multiple roots. Each order yields a different root.
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Matt Weintraub wrote in message <70r857$248$1@autumn.news.rcn.net>...
>Well, I can't understand the component form of the imaginary number and
>would prefer the simpler output that the 83 gives.
>
>--
>
>Matt Weintraub
>neda@erols.com
>http://www.erols.com/neda
>"Your mouse cursor has moved.
>NT must be restarted for this change
>to take effect."
>
>
>DaMaStErMiNd wrote in message <36312082.81E04BF6@mindless.com>...
>>That garbage is just the component form of the imaginary number. What's
>wrong
>>with
>>that?
>>
>>Matt Weintraub wrote:
>>
>>> Hey,
>>> I've got a TI-85. When I raise a negative number to a fractional
>>> exponent, it gives the imaginary number garbage. I know that you can't
>take
>>> a square root of a negative number, and that raising it to a fraction if
>it
>>> is not 2 or an even number isn't allowed, but the 83s handle it
correctly
>by
>>> first processing the exponent and then the root. Is it just a bug?
>>>
>>> Matt Weintraub
>>> neda@erols.com
>>> http://www.erols.com/neda
>>> "Your mouse cursor has moved.
>>> NT must be restarted for this change
>>> to take effect."
>>
>
>
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