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Re: Input alias for Surd not working

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  • From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 04:59:54 -0500 (EST)
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It works for me in version 9 under OS X 10.8.2. And typing it gives the same thing as using the "n-th root" button on the Classroom Assistant -- with a pair of placeholders. 

On Dec 18, 2012, at 2:40 AM, Peter Breitfeld <phbrf at t-online.de> wrote:

> I learned about the new function Surd in Version 9.
>
> The docs state that ESCsurdESC shoud be an input alias of this
> function like Sqrt. But on my System it doesn't work.
> I am on Mac OSX.
> Is this a known issue?

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