Re: Sign conventions

From: Justin (no_at_spam.com)
Date: 02/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:45:58 +0000 (UTC)

jstevh@msn.com wrote:

: The square root operator returns that number which when multipled times
: itself gives the square root argument e.g. sqrt(4) returns 2 and -2, as
: *both* multiply times themselves to give 4.

No. The square root *function* returns the nonnegative real number whose
square is the argument.

Idiotic rambling snipped.

Justin

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