28 May
2008
28 May
'08
7:04 a.m.
Hello Why does sqrt (-16) return NaN? What is NaN? Thanks Paul
28 May
28 May
7:14 a.m.
Quoth PR Stanley on Wed, May 28, 2008 at 08:04:44 +0100
Hello Why does sqrt (-16) return NaN? What is NaN?
NaN stands for Not a Number. See the complex library for how to have complex numbers. -- yann@kierun.org -= H+ =- www.kierun.org PGP: 009D 7287 C4A7 FD4F 1680 06E4 F751 7006 9DE2 6318
7:44 a.m.
Try reading http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~dws/grouplinks/floating_point_math.pdf
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 8:04 AM, PR Stanley
Hello Why does sqrt (-16) return NaN? What is NaN? Thanks Paul
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