From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id JAA19449; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:51:07 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id JAA19498 for caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:51:05 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA15936 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 02:46:01 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from server.divms.uiowa.edu (server.divms.uiowa.edu [128.255.28.165]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f8I0jxD10739 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 02:46:00 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from divms.uiowa.edu (paprika.divms.uiowa.edu [128.255.28.7]) by server.divms.uiowa.edu with id f8I0jwT11355 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 19:45:59 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <3BA69945.97839186@divms.uiowa.edu> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 19:45:58 -0500 From: Mujtaba Mohiuddin Organization: University of Iowa X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; HP-UX B.11.00 9000/785) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: [Caml-list] question about syntax for OCAML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Q: A function that takes three floating point numbers a,b,c as its arguments and tests whether the equation ax^2+ bx+c=0 has any solutions. Basically, I'm wondering about how I should go about testing for the solutions. Meaning, even if I set a, b,c to some value, but what about x? Thank You Mujtaba mmohiuddin11@hotmail.com ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr