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Re: What is the command to do a power of a value

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  To: xvictoryeohx
From: bugbear <bugbear@trim_papermule.co.uk_trim>

xvictoryeohx@gmail.com wrote:
> C=L(1+i/100)power of n
>
> i am stuck here
> for example square root is Math.sqrt(x)
> How do i do Power of a value?

I have a dim memory from Numerical Analysis that the "obvious" way to evaluate 
that is inaccurate for small "i" and large "n".

  BugBear

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What is the command to do a power of a value "xvictoryeohx" <xvictoryeohx@1:261/38.remove-rf4-this> - 2012-07-30 19:00 +0000
  Re: What is the command to do a power of a value "bugbear" <bugbear@1:261/38.remove-rf4-this> - 2012-07-30 19:00 +0000
  Re: What is the command to do a power of a value "glen herrmannsfeldt" <glen.herrmannsfeldt@1:261/38.remove-rf4-this> - 2012-07-30 19:00 +0000
    Re: What is the command to do a power of a value "xvictoryeohx" <xvictoryeohx@1:261/38.remove-rf4-this> - 2012-07-30 19:00 +0000
  Re: What is the command to do a power of a value "Roedy Green" <roedy.green@1:261/38.remove-rf4-this> - 2012-07-30 19:00 +0000
    Re: What is the command to do a power of a value "Andreas Leitgeb" <andreas.leitgeb@1:261/38.remove-rf4-this> - 2012-07-30 19:00 +0000
      Re: What is the command to do a power of a value "Patricia Shanahan" <patricia.shanahan@1:261/38.remove-rf4-this> - 2012-07-30 19:00 +0000
        Re: What is the command to do a power of a value Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-07-30 13:15 -0700
        Re: What is the command to do a power of a value glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-07-30 22:26 +0000
          Re: What is the command to do a power of a value Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-07-30 16:01 -0700
          Re: What is the command to do a power of a value Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2012-07-30 23:11 +0000
        Re: What is the command to do a power of a value "Andreas Leitgeb" <andreas.leitgeb@1:261/38.remove-dpk-this> - 2012-07-31 18:02 +0000

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