Re: why the overflow problems when using assigned values a,b,c vs. actual numbers?
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- Subject: [mg47287] Re: why the overflow problems when using assigned values a,b,c vs. actual numbers?
- From: lalu_bhatt at yahoo.com (Bhuvanesh)
- Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 03:30:45 -0500 (EST)
- References: <c3udjo$9oa$1@smc.vnet.net>
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
angelomuscat at hotmail.com (Angelomuscot) wrote:
> In[4]:=
> a^b^c
>
> From In[4]:=
> \!\(\*
> RowBox[{\(General::"ovfl"\), \(\(:\)\(\ \)\), "\<\"Overflow occurred in
> computation. \\!\\(\\*
> ButtonBox[\\\"More?\\\", ButtonStyle->\\\"RefGuideLinkText\\\", \
> ButtonFrame->None, ButtonData:>\\\"General::ovfl\\\"]\\)\"\>"}]\)
>
> Out[4]=
> Overflow[]
a^b^c is interpreted as a^(b^c), in accordance with standard
mathematical convention. To get what you want, use (a^b)^c instead.
Bhuvanesh,
Wolfram Research.
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