dly wrote:

> I get imaginary numbers 3j4 but at a loss why 1x1 for e
> I see 1r1 but where did this x come from?  it doesn't say but it
> somehow seems to follow that 1p1 is PI
>

Donna:

The exponential numeric constants are explained in the system documentation

http://www.jsoftware.com/books/help/dictionary/dcons.htm

and in Henry Rich's book

http://www.jsoftware.com/books/help/jforc/applied_mathematics_in_j.htm#_Toc129570854

I guess e would have been better than x except that it had already been
used for base 10 exponential notation.

Best wishes,

John

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