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<body><span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:erack@redhat.com" title="Eike Rathke <erack@redhat.com>"> <span class="fn">Eike Rathke</span></a>
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title="NEW - =(-8)^(1/3) should return -2"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44076">bug 44076</a>
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<b><a class="bz_bug_link
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title="NEW - =(-8)^(1/3) should return -2"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44076#c10">Comment # 10</a>
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title="NEW - =(-8)^(1/3) should return -2"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44076">bug 44076</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:erack@redhat.com" title="Eike Rathke <erack@redhat.com>"> <span class="fn">Eike Rathke</span></a>
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<pre>Fwiw, this was implemented with
<a href="https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/plugins/gitiles/core/+/b0fdf6cf11ee46d46925e9cd9fa2768a1b49bb64%5E!/">https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/plugins/gitiles/core/+/b0fdf6cf11ee46d46925e9cd9fa2768a1b49bb64%5E!/</a>
for <a class="bz_bug_link
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title="RESOLVED FIXED - Error taking Cube Root of Negative Number"
href="show_bug.cgi?id=69293">bug 69293</a>.
The same result -2 for (-8)^(6004799503160661/2^54)
There may be no rounding error but an accuracy limit here, see
<a href="https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=6004799503160661%2F2%5E54">https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=6004799503160661%2F2%5E54</a>
Perhaps reformulating (or even omitting?) the rtl::math::approxEqual() would be
an option? Didn't dig into it.</pre>
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