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From: george tintera
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 23:22

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to the list,

i was calculating moduli of large powers of 2 on my ti-85 this
afternoon and started getting wrong moduli.  specifically...
mod(2**47,47)  returns the value 4 rather than the correct value of 2.
      (yes, on my calculator i used a 'caret' rather than **).

i checked the manual (p. 3-5) but it only gives syntax for 'mod'.
does anyone know of limits on the size of arguments in mod, or other
functions on my dear calculator for that matter.

thanks in advance.    george tintera

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