Bill Allombert on Fri, 19 Mar 2004 14:12:19 +0100


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Re: sqrt(9) 

On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 12:29:34PM -0000, Jon Perry wrote:
> ? 9^(1/2)
> %7 = 2.999999999999999999999999999
> ? 9^(0.5)
> %8 = 2.999999999999999999999999999
> ? sqrt(9)
> %9 = 3.000000000000000000000000000
> ? 16^1/4
> %10 = 4
> ? 16^(1/4)
> %11 = 2.000000000000000000000000000
> ? 81^(1/4)
> %12 = 2.999999999999999999999999999
> ? 256^(1/4)
> %13 = 3.999999999999999999999999999
> 
> ???%%%^^^?

Care to elaborate ?

Also I get different results with the CVS version.
(I get 3.000000000000000000000000000 instead of
2.999999999999999999999999999, etc.)

Cheers,
Bill.