Upon further reading, it seems your third example is valid. One must use parentheses if the entire exponent is 2π, as in 3^(2pi), otherwise 3^2pi should evaluate to 9pi as you said.
Also from the same further reading, using your second example, if not wanting to simply write/enter 250000000*1.01^20 we should use (250000000)(1.01)^20. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gcalctool in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161670 Title: Order of operations is incorrect for exponents and parentheses To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcalctool/+bug/1161670/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
