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WG1 - Numerics
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Often a rational-only exponentiation function is useful; that is, a rational number raised to an integer power. Should we add this procedure to the core so that exponentiation is available even if inexact rationals are not provided or not imported?
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alexshinn
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cowan
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rational-expt
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2010-09-07 07:52:22
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Change at time 2011-01-24 07:02:32
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WG1 chose not to provide this.
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Change at time 2010-11-15 10:22:33
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Often a rational-only exponentiation function is useful; that is, a rational number raised to an integer power. Should we add this procedure to the core so that exponentiation is available even if inexact rationals are not provided or not imported?
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Often a rational-only exponentiation function is useful; that is, a rational number raised to an integer power. Should we add
this procedure to the core so that exponentiation is available even if inexact rationals are not provided or not imported?
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Change at time 2010-11-15 10:22:18
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I don't understand the motivation - why we can't use `expt`?
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Change at time 2010-11-15 10:21:49
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Change at time 2010-11-15 10:21:49
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Often a rational-only exponentiation function is useful; that is, a rational number raised to an integer power. Should we add
this procedure to the core so that exponentiation is available even if inexact rationals are not provided or not imported?
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Often a rational-only exponentiation function is useful; that is, a rational number raised to an integer power. I propose adding this procedure to the core so that exponentiation is available even if inexact rationals are not provided or not imported.
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