Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiuccsb!leimkuhl From: leimkuhl@uiuccsb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Re: Dumb Question - (nf) Message-ID: <5897@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Feb-84 22:35:24 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5897 Posted: Mon Feb 27 22:35:24 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Feb-84 07:11:53 EST Lines: 12 #R:ucf-cs:-119800:uiuccsb:9700025:000:214 uiuccsb!leimkuhl Feb 27 13:42:00 1984 The operator ^ is non-associative, so a^b^c has no meaning-- you must specify the order in which the operations are to be performed. Perhaps this answers your questions: a^(b^c) != (a^b)^c. Ben Leimkuhler