Re: Reduction of Radicals
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg71931] Re: Reduction of Radicals
- From: José Carlos Santos <jcsantos at fc.up.pt>
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 06:39:16 -0500 (EST)
- References: <ekud3a$83u$1@smc.vnet.net>
dimitris wrote: > Is there a particular reason why by default Mathematicas returns a > complex number for the cube root of a negative number or it is a matter > of choise? Mathematica gives you the principal value of the cubic root function. In the case of negative numbers, it turns out that it is not a real number. Best regards, Jose Carlos Santos