On Thursday 19 May 2005 09:39, Luke Palmer wrote:
> On 5/19/05, Edward Cherlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It turns out that the domain and range and the location of
> > the cut lines have to be worked out separately for different
> > functions. Mathematical practice is not entirely consistent
>
Edward Cherlin wrote:
There was a discussion of the principal value of square root on
this list some time back, making the point that for positive
[...]
It turns out that the domain and range and the location of the
cut lines have to be worked out separately for different
functions. Mathemat
On 5/19/05, Edward Cherlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It turns out that the domain and range and the location of the
> cut lines have to be worked out separately for different
> functions. Mathematical practice is not entirely consistent in
> making these decisions, but in programming, there seem