[TheForge] [CORRECTION] For the math weenies

Mike Spencer mspencer at tallships.ca
Thu Sep 23 13:25:16 EDT 2004


I wrote this:

    X^n       Y^m
    --     +  --- = 1
    a^n       b^n

which is WRONG.  Lets try again in the light of day:

    X^n       Y^m
    --     +  --- = 1
    a^n       b^m

where the caret (^) means exponentiation. X^n is X to the nth power.


- Mike



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