Re: Chop in Mathematica 8.0.1
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- Subject: [mg117533] Re: Chop in Mathematica 8.0.1
- From: Syd Geraghty <sydgeraghty at me.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:05:57 -0500 (EST)
Hi Andrzeg, In[1]:= 1.1 I Out[1]= 0. + 1.1 I In[2]:= 1.1 I // TraditionalForm Out[2]//TraditionalForm= 0. +1.1 i Cheers .... Syd Syd Geraghty B.Sc, M.Sc. sydgeraghty at mac.com Mathematica 8.0 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) (February 23, 2011) ReleaseID: 8.0.1.0 (2063982, 2063639) MacOS X V 10.6.5 Snow Leopard MacBook Pro 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM On Mar 21, 2011, at 7:12 AM, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote: > Hmm... perhaps this is not a bug but a deliberate new design? > > Just evaluating > > 1.1 I > > returns > > 0. +1.1 > > It seems a purely cosmetic issue but it does look a rather > "untraditional". Can anyone confirm that this is indeed an intentional > change? > > Andrzej Kozlowski > > > > On 20 Mar 2011, at 12:44, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote: > >> Chop does not seem to work properly in Mathematica 8.0.1: >> >> f[a_] := 2 I Pi Sin[a]/a >> >> In[2]:= f[1.] >> >> Out[2]= 0. + 5.287118128162912*I >> >> In[3]:= Chop[%] >> >> Out[3]= 0. + 5.287118128162912*I >> >> This is with >> >> In[4]:= $Version >> >> Out[4]= 8.0 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) (February 23, 2011) >> >> Mathematica 7.01 returns 5.287118128162912*I as expected. >> >> Can anyone confirm it? At the moment I can't see any simple work > around... >> >> Andrzej Kozlowski >