This doesn't work either julia> (-0.399999999999)^2.5 ERROR: DomainError in ^ at math.jl:262
try to convert one (or both) of the arguments to complex numbers julia> complex(mgamma)^2.5 julia> mgamma^complex(2.5) julia> complex(mgamma)^complex(2.5) Which all results in: 3.0981385716323084e-17 + 0.10119288512538809im Regards Ivar kl. 12:24:00 UTC+2 torsdag 18. september 2014 skrev Florian Oswald følgende: > > > # define a variable gamma: > > gamma = 1.4 > mgamma = 1.0-gamma > > julia> mgamma > -0.3999999999999999 > > # this works: > > julia> -0.399999999999^2.5 > -0.10119288512475567 > > # this doesn't: > > julia> mgamma^2.5 > ERROR: DomainError > in ^ at math.jl:252 > >