The "ill-formed number" is caused by using an "l" (el) instead of a "1"
(one) in 231.32j_345.43.



On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Linda Alvord <lindaalv...@verizon.net>wrote:

> I keep running into things I thought I understood, and then I get lost
> again.
>
>   <.34.56j_43.45
> 35j_44
>   <.23l.32j_345.43
> |ill-formed number
>
> The first example above was what I expected, and the second was not.
>
> I have no idea what would be a reasonable meaning for residue and can't
> understand what it produces.
>
>    5|34.56j_43.45
> _0.44j1.55
>   5|23l.32j_345.43
> |ill-formed number
>
> Maybe there is no comparable concept which is appropriate in the complex
> plane.
>
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