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Re:Differentiation for Hackers by gugagore on Saturday June 22, 2019 @03:36PM (#20251309)
What is eps^3? ;) You have to turn that into some representation on the computer before you can even pass it to cuberoot.
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Re:Differentiation for Hackers by adamnemecek on Saturday June 22, 2019 @03:43PM (#20251349)
Theres is no representation of that value.In this case power is defined only in the range 1-2. You need to simplify the roots first.
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