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Re: notation help: f(x) = (sin x)^(1/3)

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  • Subject: [mg29957] Re: notation help: f(x) = (sin x)^(1/3)
  • From: Alois Steindl <Alois.Steindl+e325 at tuwien.ac.at>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 03:28:23 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: Inst. f. Mechanics II, TU Vienna
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Tim 9-23 <bendoftimeb at stny.rr.com> writes:

> How do I plot this.  I must not be entering it correctly.  It's the
> plot of the cube root of the Sine function.
> 
> Plot[[Sin[x]]^(1/3), {x, -10, 10}] isn't working.  Thanks.  
> 
Hello,
Mathematica uses different kinds of parentheses (in german there is a
common name "Klammer" for all of these symbols), like (, [, and
{. They have different meanings. 
So your best strategy would be to look into the Mathematica book for
examples. The same applies to your other question.

Alois


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