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Re: Typesetting bug

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  • Subject: [mg96477] Re: Typesetting bug
  • From: dh <dh at metrohm.com>
  • Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:11:05 -0500 (EST)
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Hi Istvan,

I can not reproduce your result. I guess it depends on the version. I 

have version7 / Windows and there it is o.k.

regards Daniel



replicatorzed at gmail.com wrote:

> Dear Group,

> 

> I don't know whether this "feature" is widely known or not, but it

> surely gave me an hour of scratching my head, buried deep inside a

> calculation:

> 

> In[7]:= n = .5;

> x = 1;

> 

> ax = 1;

> {(ax^n), x^n, ax^n - x^n}

> 

> Out[10]= {1, 1, 0}

> 

> In[11]:= max = 1;

> {(max^n), x^n, max^n-x^n}

> 

> Out[12]= {1, 1, -1}

> 

> 

> This inconsistency happens only if exponents are typed in as real

> superscripts with Ctrl+^. A FullForm reveals an underlying Times in

> the last case, which ultimately is responsible for the wrong answer.

> Furthermore, max^n does not work as intended if typed and evaluated in

> one call, as follows:

> max <Ctrl+^> n <enter> x <Shift+Enter>

> because it is interpreted as a product of max^n and x.

> 

> Istvan Zachar

> 

> 




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