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Problem with construction (1-x)^(1-y) (PR#2103)

1 message · Uwe Ligges

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rss@rss.phtd.tpu.edu.ru wrote:
Well, that's not a bug! Also for y>=1 (hopefully!):
 (1-x)^1.1 # NaN

You are calculating with real numbers and expecting complex ones! So
just try:
 as.complex(1-x)^(1-y)

Uwe Ligges
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