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Re: Real roots and other assumptions...

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• Subject: [mg19992] Re: Real roots and other assumptions...
• From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
• Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 23:26:33 -0400
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Kevin J. McCann <kevin.mccann at jhuapl.edu> wrote in message
news:7sc7u2$c66$1 at dragonfly.wolfram.com...
> This does work
>
> Select[{(1 - E)^(1/3)}, Im[#1] == 0 & ]
> {}
>
> as does this:
>
> Select[{(2. + I)*(2. - I)}, Im[#1] == 0 & ]
>
> which gives the odd-looking result
> {5.+0.I}

Kevin:

This is because

(2. + I)*(2. - I)

    5. + 0.*I

and  0. == 0 up to machine precision.

Interestingly enough:

5. + 0.*I   \[Element] Reals

    False

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Allan
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