RE: (-8)^(1/3)
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg31304] RE: [mg31265] (-8)^(1/3)
- From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 01:08:13 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
LuisMa, Needs["Miscellaneous`RealOnly`"] (-8)^(1/3) -2 Ted Ersek has a nice package on MathSource called SwitchableRealOnly. It works somewhat better than RealOnly and also allows you to turn RealOnly on and off without having to kill the kernel. David Park djmp at earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/ > From: LuisMa [mailto:nospam at newsranger.com] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > > When I enter > > (-8)^(1/3) > > Mathematica answer > > 1 + 1.73205i, > > but I need > > (-8)^(1/3) = -2 > > How can I get it? > >