Hallo! I just wonder why=20 map (^2*3) [1..9] returns [1,64,729,4096,15625,46656,117649,262144,531441] . [i^2*3|i<-[1..9]] return the expected [3,12,27,48,75,108,147,192,243]. And so does map (\a->a^2*3) [1..9]. So why is (^2*3) not equvalent to \a->a^2*3 ? Thanks, Andreas=