[R] problem with Gauss Hermite ( x and w )

[R. Michael Weylandt]

Are you getting caught on order of operations? Note that unary minus
has lower precedence than exponentiation (as it does in math) so

-2.5^(-2.4)

is

x <- 2.5^(-2.4)
-x

Otherwise, I'm not at all sure what your question is: can you give an
example of what you think you should get (and how to get it) and what
R is giving you instead?

Michael

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:30 PM, casperyc <casperyc at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  I know what complex number are, but I am not sure what you meant by that?
>
>
> ##############CODES###########
>> 2.5^(-2.4)
> [1] 0.1109032
>> -2.5^(-2.4)
> [1] -0.1109032
> ##############CODES###########
>
> works fine.
>
> Negative powers mean they take the reciprocal and as far as I am concerned,
> real^real is just a real number.
>
> Am I mistaking something basic?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Casper
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