Implementation of pow(3m) function

[Christopher R Volpe]

In article <11143 at alice.UUCP>, ark at alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) writes:
|>If such an
|>implementation uses exp and log for the ordinary cases, it will
|>almost surely not be monotonic.  That is, it will be possible to
|>find positive x, y, and z such that y > z and pow(x,y) < pow(x,z).

I sure hope so, since there are trivial real-life cases where this is
true. E.g.: x=0.5, y=3, z=2. pow(x,y)=.125  <  pow(x,z)=.25

Am I missing something????

|>-- 
|>				--Andrew Koenig
|>				  ark at europa.att.com

Chris Volpe
GE Corporate R&D
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