[Gcalc-devel] Error in computation of sqrt(2)^sqrt(2)
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[Gcalc-devel] Error in computation of sqrt(2)^sqrt(2)
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From: Sauerwein, E. <ern...@si...> - 2005-08-10 13:42:30
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