Re: Fwd: Re: There is a severe problem with EQN and square roots

Hi Damian,

On Mon Mar 2, 2026 at 7:25 PM CET, Damian McGuckin wrote:
> In 30+ years of writing and reviewing reports in *roff/eqn/tbl which
> often involve square roots of various sorts, I generally find a way
> of writing an equation so I can avoid the need for the square root of
> a complicated term where that term is under the square root, i.e. one
> that needs to have a massive glyph. [...]
> 
> My experience says that if the square sign looks ugly, the way that
> the expression is being phrased needs to be changed to make it easier
> to read. Not 100% of the time, but certainly 95% of the time. And in
> that 5% of cases, we either raise it to the power of one-half or live
> with it. [...]

All I can say is that the formula which Sigfrid sent[1] does not seem
hard to read to me (except for the ugly square root).

Cheers,
onf

[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2026-02/msg00059.html,
    see attachment