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                                            Josh Koon

Wrong result for e.g. √(2.25) - 1.5

@uhliksk Can you provide some details here on the fix you've proposed?

Wrong result for e.g. √(2.25) - 1.5

Thanks! Please also include some unit tests as requested on the PR to capture the effect of the change.

Wrong result for e.g. √(2.25) - 1.5

@uhliksk, @jlaanstra, the current proposed fix operates on an assumption that can be extrapolated to: > Non-integer rational numbers whose _n_ th root is a rational number have _n_ times...

Wrong result for e.g. √(2.25) - 1.5

> Ok, now I found your method with fractions is actually not working because even sqrt(4) is not returned precisely 2 and that means you have to round two results...

Wrong result for e.g. √(2.25) - 1.5

(1/9) - 0.1111111111111111111111111111111111111 (manually entered, with a finite number of digits) should return a non zero amount, since 1/9 > 0.111111 {to any number of manually entered digits). What we...

Wrong result for e.g. √(2.25) - 1.5

Please open separate issues - let's keep this issue scoped to power operations. Thanks!