From: Edmund Blackadder (edmund_at_helmug.gr)
Date: Fri Aug 27 2004 - 07:49:18 PDT
On 27 Aug 2004, at 15:28, Andy Galluzzi wrote:
> Just for trying what kind of response does the calculator give me when
> I
> try to calc 10 div 0, I get the unexpected value of 0!
> An error or an "undefined" value would be ok, but cero looks like a
> joke. The square root of -1 is also cero... ¿????
>
Errr, you cannot divide a number by zero. It is undefined. (Not in
Newton Calc, but in maths in general!)
Also the square root of -1 does not exist. It is not a real number.
So Newton calc has no bug there.
Kostas
P.S. Yes, yes for math-oriented people out there.. the square root of
-1 is i, but lets not complicate the people with details :-)
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