how to get 10 from 100^(1/3) ?
- Subject: how to get 10 from 100^(1/3) ?
- From: Antonio Lapira
- Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:56:39 +0000 (GMT)
sorry
I thought I wrote 1000
--- Dom 25/11/12, Raoul <raoulb at bluewin.ch> ha scritto:
> Da: Raoul <raoulb at bluewin.ch>
> Oggetto: Re: [Maxima] how to get 10 from 100^(1/3) ?
> A: maxima at math.utexas.edu
> Data: Domenica 25 novembre 2012, 15:03
> > (%i1) 100^(1/3);
> >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
> ? ? ? ? 1/3
> > (%o1)? ? ? ? ? ? ?
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
> ???100
> > (%i2) float(%);
> > (%o2)? ? ? ? ? ? ?
> ? ? ? ? ? ? 4.641588833612779
> > (%i3)
> >
> > why?
>
> Because:
>
> 10 * 10 * 10 = 1000 =/= 100
>
> and
>
> 4.641588833612779 * 4.641588833612779 * 4.641588833612779 =
> 100.000...
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