Re: Mathematica shows wrong numbers
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- Subject: [mg41697] Re: [mg41669] Mathematica shows wrong numbers
- From: "P.J. Hinton" <paulh at wolfram.com>
- Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 06:07:45 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: "Wolfram Research, Inc."
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On Fri, 30 May 2003, Fabian Müller wrote: > I installed Mathematica 4.2 Student Version on my Linux PC with KDE > 3.1.0 and Qt 3.1.2. > > In the Mathematica Notebook I type "x^3" followed by > "Shift + Enter". Mathematica's output is "x^9". Now I copy this > "x^9" from the Mathematica Notebook into this > mail. The result is: \!\(x\^3\). > > Why is my Mathematica not able to show the "3" in the exponent? The pasted result observed in your mail client is an example of Mathematica linear syntax, which is a pure-ASCII representation of the typeset content that you copied from the notebook. It is described in _The Mathematica Book_, Section 2.8.12: http://documents.wolfram.com/v4/MainBook/2.8.12.html -- P.J. Hinton User Interface Programmer paulh at wolfram.com Wolfram Research, Inc. Disclaimer: Opinions expressed herein are those of the author alone.