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hello

-> (-27)^(1/3)
= Not a Number
-> -(27)^(1/3)
= -3
-> cbrt (-27)
= -3

it seems the first evaluation isn't correct. I use wcalc version 2.2.2.

Cheers,
Daniele

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hello -> (-27)^(1/3) = Not a Number -> -(27)^(1/3) = -3 -> cbrt (-27) = -3 it seems the first evaluation isn't correct. I use wcalc version 2.2.2. Cheers, ...
Daniele
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Mar 29, 2007
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... Huh. That's pretty strange. What appears to be happening is that we're tripping over an oddity in the mpfr number library. Check here: ...
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