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Awatmath.2347 net.math utzoo!decvax!watmath!bstempleton Sat May 8 01:22:58 1982 Re: Oldie but goodie Let's clear up about square roots of real numbers. Square root on the reals is a FUNCTION, and as you recall there is only one value. The definition of sqrt(x) is the positive value of x ** 1/2. sqrt(1) = 1, it does NOT equal -1 under any circumstances.

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