Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Joe Riel Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.math.maple Subject: Re: Inverse CDF of standard normal is (according to Maple 15) complex valued for some positive inputs! Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:32:56 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 11 Message-ID: <87aa76iogn.fsf@san.rr.com> References: <0db37bbb-8efc-409c-aa16-338c77d6b556@m10g2000vbc.googlegroups.com> <87ipluj300.fsf@san.rr.com> <4a975346-0ef2-4730-a961-99fc93ca732d@p9g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> <87ehwiivy4.fsf@san.rr.com> <4917a14d-b181-4f69-839a-6e810dc5065f@t16g2000vba.googlegroups.com> <9c420de6-d6d1-46bd-af72-0402a0d9c123@z1g2000vbx.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="fkgjSOZ+03w83W7QjZBmIg"; logging-data="18744"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19cW6l+3fR8mCcJQ6rg1aOE" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:yHx1GMGJdpm+mICM3OJLj4icEaY= sha1:gUE+PjxXwSSkIvKt5f6+gvnMdLI= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.soft-sys.math.maple:266 jdm writes: >> Try plot('f2(2^(-a))', a=1..56); > > I didn't notice those two apostrophes earlier - this does work a *lot* > better! So far so good... You will have to increase Digits to get to 256. -- Joe Riel