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From: Nico de Jong (nico_at_farumdata.dk)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:58:54 +0100

Hi

I stumbled across a problem, which I have problems with solving on my own.
We all know that 2^2 = 4, 3^2 = 9, etc.
Now I need to do some computations, where the power is not 2 or 3, but
anything between 0,2 and 2,0.
So the question is : how do I express a thing like e.g. 5^1.6 ?

Nico