Karim BELABAS on Thu, 8 Aug 2002 12:29:36 +0200 (MEST)


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Re: sqrtn() feature 

On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Michael Somos wrote:
>                  GP/PARI CALCULATOR Version 2.2.3 (development)
>                  UltraSparc (MicroSparc kernel) 32-bit version
>               (readline v2.2 enabled, extended help not available)
> ? sqrt(0)
> %1 = 0.E-14
> ? sqrtn(0,3)
>   ***   non positive argument in mplog.
>
> Perhaps this could return zero also? Shalom, Michael

It should. I've made the necessary change to gsqrtn() in CVS version.

    Karim.
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