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Peter Fogg wrote:
>>From: Lu Abel
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>>Versines and haversines can also be expressed in terms of sine squared,
>>vers (x) = 2 sin^^2 (x/2).
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> Is this written correctly? What does ^^ signify? Preferably with an example;
> eg, 3^2 = 9. What would 3^^2 equal?
Sorry, my mistake: Should have been a single ^, meaning exponent.
Lu
PS - interestingly, although my reply is displaying your eg as 3-carat-2
= 9, my mail reader's display of your original message dropped the ^ and
showed the 2 as an exponent!
