On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:38:19 +0530 "Goudar Vishwanathappa Manu" <manu.gvm@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello > I don't know whether this is a right place to ask this question. I am > using octave 2.9.9 version present in Testing. I just tried out the > following multiplication and was surprised. > > > >>a=[3+6i, 1+5i] ! complex vector a is defined > >>a*a' ! It is multiplied by its > >>conjugate > ans = 0.50000 + 0.50000i ! I get this answer > > But I think i should get ' 71' as answer. I don't understand why its > giving the above one. You might want to try upgrading to a newer version. 2.9.12 (which is the one in Debian unstable) gives 71, as expected. Rupert P.S. No, I have no idea why this was wrong :)
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