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From: gertler@mtuxo.UUCP (d.gertler)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5,comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: pow(3M) may have a bug or undocumented limitation
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Date: Mon, 18-May-87 14:11:05 EDT
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+ In article <226@cogent.UUCP> mark@cogent.UUCP (Captain Neptune) writes:
+    [...]
+ integer value.  For example, the 12th root of 2 --> 2 ^ (-12) --> pow(2,-12).
+    [...]
+   Have I made some fundamental blunder?

Yes.  2^(-12) is *NOT* the 12th root of 2.  It is the 12th power of 1/2.
[As for the matter at hand, your pow(3M) problem, I have no answer.  Sorry,
but I couldn't let this one go by.]