X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,43829188203eedab X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-21 20:20:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!newsfeed01.tsnz.net!canterbury.ac.nz!mathwft From: mathwft@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: mathematical expressions Date: 22 Aug 2001 03:07:39 GMT Organization: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NewZealand Lines: 28 Message-ID: <9lv7lr$18d$1@cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz> References: <3B80D892.C7B984F9@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> <9lsjqs$4in$1@cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz> <3B82119F.1AB52C53@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> <9ltdks$cs7$1@cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: e220-0.math.canterbury.ac.nz X-Newsreader: xrn 8.02 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:7059 |> > .----------------------------------------------------------- |> > / .------------------------------------------------ |> > / / .------------------------------------- |> > / / / .-------------------------- |> > / / / / .--------------- |> > / 1 + 1 / 1 + 2 / 1 + 3 / 1 + 4 / 1 + 5 /~~~... |> > v v v v v v |> |> Is that ----------------------^ 3 * square root(1+...) or cube root(1+...) ? Ambiguous indeed. Yes, they are all square roots. Multiplied in front by "n". Happy solving. (It's not all that hard, BTW...) =============================================================================== __ __ _________________ || /\ \ / \ / _______________/\|| D A T U M \ \ \ / /\ \ / / ______ ______\/|| A R E N A \ \ \ / /\ \ \ / /_/__ \ \ \ || T O N I C \ \ \ / / \ \ \ / _____/\ \ \ \ || E M O T E \ \ \ / / \ \ \ / /\____\/ \ \ \ || D A R E D \ \ \/ / \ \ \/ / / \ \ \ || \ \__/ \ \__/ / \ \ \ ||============================== \/_/ \/__\/ \_\/ ||W.Taylor@math.canterbury.ac.nz ===============================================================================