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From: jaap@mcvax.UUCP (Jaap Akkerhuis)
Newsgroups: net.text
Subject: Re: Bug in eqn(1); fix, anyone?
Message-ID: <808@mcvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 21-Sep-85 23:33:23 EDT
Article-I.D.: mcvax.808
Posted: Sat Sep 21 23:33:23 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 23-Sep-85 02:56:14 EDT
References: <311@alibaba.UUCP>
Reply-To: jaap@mcvax.UUCP (Jaap Akkerhuis)
Organization: CWI, Amsterdam
Lines: 12

In article <311@alibaba.UUCP> johnny@alibaba.UUCP (Lars Svensson) writes:
 > eqn(1) cannot handle brackets made with "left" and "right" 
 > under a sqrt sign.
 > 
 > The tops of the brackets are chopped off by the sqrt sign. 

A workaround is:
	.EQ
	sqrt { left [ "" sub "" a+b right ]  sup  { ""  sup "" } }
	.EN

	--jaap


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