Steve Holden wrote: > >>> import cmath > >>> cmath.sqrt(-1) > 1j > >>> > > Indeed. But even exponentiation can come respectably close: > > >>> (-1+0j)**0.5 > (6.123233995736766e-17+1j)
Oh, no doubt. I was just pointing out that cmath.sqrt is what you want if you really do want the complex result rather than the principal real one. -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM erikmaxfrancis Dear World: I am leaving because I am bored. -- George Sanders (in his suicide note) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
