Re: Numerical Evaluation of Sqrt[]
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- Subject: [mg4106] Re: Numerical Evaluation of Sqrt[]
- From: Harald Berndt <haraldb at nature.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 02:19:24 -0400
- Organization: University of California Forest Products Lab
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Dennis S. Lindell wrote: > > Folks, > > I'm a new user of Mathematica and am unable to get a full numerical > evaluation of the Sqrt function in one case. Following are the > input and output lines of the case giving me trouble. > > 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. ] > > I've tried appending //N and inclosing the function in N[], but the > result is the same. I'd be grateful for any pointers, > > Please respond directly to me at <lindell at arl.mil>. What version of Mathematica are you using? I cannot duplicate your problem. I get: In[20]:= a=2; b=2; c=2; d=2; e=2; f=2; g=Sqrt[(a+b)^2 + (c+d)^2 + (e+f)^2] Out[26]= 4 Sqrt[3] In[27]:= N[g] Out[27]= 6.9282 -- _______________________________________________________________ Harald Berndt University of California Research Specialist Forest Products Laboratory Phone: 510-215-4224 FAX:510-215-4299 _______________________________________________________________ ==== [MESSAGE SEPARATOR] ====