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From: sarima@tdatirv.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
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Subject: Re: X to the Y power, how?
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Date: 3 Mar 92 00:24:46 GMT
References: <1992Feb27.223558.276@rice.edu> <22292@alice.att.com> <omci1INN8np@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Feb28.223749.2358@wdl.loral.com>
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In article <1992Feb28.223749.2358@wdl.loral.com> mab@wdl39.wdl.loral.com (Mark A Biggar) writes:
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|Why is (-2.0)@-2 undefined.  Isn't it equal to -0.25?

No, it is Complex(0, 0.25).
[or 0.25i in another notation].
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