Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf4.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!acf4!percus From: percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus) Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Re: REPEATED ROOTS Message-ID: <920007@acf4.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 09:21:00 EDT Article-I.D.: acf4.920007 Posted: Fri Jun 28 09:21:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 03:34:53 EDT References: <15187@watmath.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 14 > ...what i noticed, is that: TRY PLUGGING IN -1/4 for X! > this gives a repeated root of 1/2! hence > > sqrt(-1/4 + sqrt(-1/4 + ...)) = 1/2. this one just defies all > intuition. enjoy. > > -the venn buddhist Hmm...Very strange indeed. Obviously it's true, but very unexpected... A. G. Percus (ARPA) percus@acf4 (NYU) percus.acf4 (UUCP) ...!ihnp4!cmcl2!acf4!percus