On Nov. 2, Ted Woollett wrote:
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Which answer is correct??
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Since I trust Maxima's core functions and numerical
abilities, I would put my bet on sqrt and log, rather
that psqrt and Log.
Working with a numerical z --> zn
(%i1) [display2d:false,fpprintprec:8,ratprint:false]$
(%i2) toN(ee):= float (rectform (float (ee)))$
(%i3) z : (2+3*%i)^(asin(3+2*%i))$
(%i4) zn : toN(z);
(%o4) -0.161862*%i-0.470719
(%i5) log(zn);
(%o5) -2.8103967*%i-0.697615
(%i6) sqrt(zn);
(%o6) 0.116301-0.695877*%i
Ted