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Re: Numerical Evaluation of Sqrt[]

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg4092] Re: Numerical Evaluation of Sqrt[]
• From: siegman at ee.stanford.edu (A. E. Siegman)
• Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 02:16:56 -0400
• Organization: Stanford University
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

>  In[]:=  a=2;
>          b=2;
>          c=2;
>          d=2;
>          e=2;
>          f=2;
>          g=Sqrt[(a+b)^2 + (c+d)^2 + (e+f)^2]
>  
>  Out[]=  Sqrt[32. + 16. ]

Crazy!  I pasted your input directly into mma 2.2.2.1 on
my PowerMac 6100 and it comes back 4 Sqrt[3].  Sure you
don't have some decimal points hidden in there after some
of those 2's?

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