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NooneAtAll3
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syockit
7 hours ago
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I've never seen a CAS that gives two answers for sqrt. Mathematica doesn't, sympy doesn't, and IIRC Maxima also doesn't.
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Armisael16
5 hours ago
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The sqrt function returns the principle square root, not both. That’s true for all numbers, positive, negative, and complex alike.
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