From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2010-06-08T04:33:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Complex numbers contradiction?

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Andrew Duncan <andrew.duncan@sonos.com> wrote:
> This looks correct:
>>> Complex(1,1)**-1
> => Complex(Rational(1, 2), Rational(-1, 2))
>
> But this does not; should be same answer:
>>> 1/Complex(1,1)
> => Complex(0, -1)
>
Correct on my box
ruby-1.9.1-p378 > 1/Complex(1,1)
 => 12-12i

which version do you have?

HTH
R.

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