On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Larry Hastings <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> -1 ** 0.5
> -1.0

Be careful about order of operations!

    >>> (-1)**.5
    (6.123233995736766e-17+1j)

-- Devin
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