RE: capacitance of horned toroid

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

I don't know MathCad, but -1^2 = -1 x -1 = 1.

Sorry.
Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "David Thomson" <dave-at-volantis-dot-org>
 >
 >
 > Hi Matt,
 >
 >  > It is curious that you use "(-1)^(n+1)", which
 > will always be equal to -1.
 >  > Why is that?
 >  >
 >  > Uhhhh,
 >  > When I was in school, (-1)^(n+1) was negative
 > only when n is even. ;-)
 >  > Matt D.
 >
 > After you posted that, I see your logic (except that
 > n would be odd, not
 > even, since it is being increased by 1).  But I used
 > MathCAD 2000 Pro to do
 > the calculations.  It doesn't matter if the exponent
 > is positive or negative
 > the result is still -1 when written as an exponent.
 > But when I type
 > in -1*-1 the answer comes out to +1.  I could send
 > you a gif file to show
 > you if you are interested.  Perhaps MathCAD has a
 > bug?
 >
 > Dave
 >
 >