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Henry Rich

On Nov 17, 2017 11:32 AM, "Raul Miller" <[email protected]> wrote:

> ^. is rank 0, which means you would be taking the geometric mean of
> each number individually.
>
> You could do E&.(^."1) or E&.(^."2) or probably E&.(^."_) depending on
> what you are trying to accomplish.
>
> Since E&.:^. is equivalent to E&.(^."E) which, in turn, is equivalent
> to E&.(^."_) you probably do want to be using (^."_)
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Raul
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 4:48 AM, 'Bo Jacoby' via Programming
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The arithmetic mean is
> >    E=.+/ % #
> > For example   E 2 3
> > 2.5
> > The geometric mean is
> >   E&.(2&^.) 2 3
> > 2.44949
> > or
> > E&.:(^.) 2 3
> > 2.44949
> > but (&.) does not work with (^.)
> > E&.(^.) 2 3
> > 2 3
> > How come?
> > Thank! Bo.
> >
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