04/28/2009, 08:25 PM
bo198214 Wrote:Well the function is supposed to be real and this would give complex values, if they do not cancel out, or something.
Yeah, also, Mathematica is very pedantic about exponents. For example, it does not assume \( (a^b)^c = a^{(bc)} \) because this is only true for complex numbers where \( -\pi < \text{Im}(b\ln(a)) < \pi \) or something.

