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(-1)^(3/4) -> (-1+I)/Sqrt[2]

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• Subject: [mg557] (-1)^(3/4) -> (-1+I)/Sqrt[2]
• From: wmm at chem.wayne.edu (Martin McClain)
• Date: Thu, 16 Mar 95 11:21:21 EST

Does anybody know a core or standard package command that makes
transformations like  (-1)^(3/4) -> (-1+I)/Sqrt[2] ?  I would be happy with
a method that works as well as, say,

In[24]:=
E^(-I 3 Pi/4) // ComplexToTrig

Out[24]=
   1    I
(-(-) - -) Sqrt[2]
   2    2