Steve Holden wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Does anyone know of an approximation to raising a negative base to a >> fractional exponent? For example, (-3)^-4.11111 since this cannot be >> computed without using imaginary numbers. Any help is appreciated. >> > A couple of questions. > > 1. How do you approximate a complex number in the reals? That doesn't > make sense. > > 2. x ^ -4.1111 = 1 / (x ^ 4.1111), so where do complex numbers enter > into this anyway?
When *x* is negative and the exponent is fractional. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
