In the latest draft, the first item of paragraph 1 says hypot (x, y), hypot (y, x), and hypot (x, -y) are equivalent. Is that complete? If +/- is my poor attempt at an plus-or-minus-sign, is this more thorough: hypot(+/- x, +/- y) = hypot(|x|, |y|) = hypot(|y|, |x|) Thanks - Damian