Dear pdl folks,

doing $x=pdl(-3)
with PDL v2.081 we obtain $x**2-9==0
but, defining $z=-3+0*i
$z**2-9 =! 0
while
$z*$z-9 ==0

May be integer power are computed differently for real
but not for intrinsic complex? (logarithmically for any power)

Regards


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Dr. Guillermo P. Ortiz
Electromagnetismo Aplicado
Dto. FĂ­sica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Universidad Nacional del Nordeste
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Argentina.
(+54) 379-4424678 interno 4613
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