(-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