Re: Complex Arithmetic

2005-05-20 Thread Edward Cherlin
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 >

Re: Complex Arithmetic

2005-05-19 Thread Sam Vilain
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

Re: Complex Arithmetic

2005-05-19 Thread Luke Palmer
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