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From: ljdickey@watmath.UUCP
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Subject: re does minus one equal one
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Date: Thu, 15-Sep-83 09:40:33 EDT
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s the square root of 17),
not just   x=sqrt(17).  
The point is that the idea of "plus or minus", is NOT built into
the function SQRT, the +/- idea is something that has to be expressed
separately.

The values of the square root function are non-negetive.
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  Lee Dickey, University of Waterloo.  (ljdickey@watmath.UUCP)
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