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From: res90@campus.swarthmore.edu
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Subject: MPW C++ Complex SQRT bug?
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Date: 1 Aug 90 22:00:27 GMT
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Has anyone had trouble with the sqrt function in the complex numbers 
library in MPW c++? I get sign error on the result of calls on values
in the third and fourth quadrent. Is this just differently defined or
what?

try 
complex z(-1,-1);
cout << sqrt(z);

for example.

rob smith
swarthmore college
RES90@campus.swarthmore.edu