not linux, but an intriguing problem

[Cory Bosley]

On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 03:54:58PM -0600, Matt Luettgen wrote:
> How would you find the absolute value of a number, with these operators
> (,),+,-,*,/, and ^

((x)^2)^(1/2) should do the trick.

If you need to use the other operators, well, I suppose you could
insert something superfluous there.

I'm assuming you can insert other numbers there; if not:

((x) ^ ((x/x) + (x/x))) ^ ((x/x) / ((x/x) + (x/x)))

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Cory Bosley