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RE: Real numerical computations

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg71744] RE: [mg71701] Real numerical computations
• From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
• Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:03:57 -0500 (EST)

Jose,

Load the package Miscellaneous`RealOnly` or better yet get the
SwitchableRealOnly package by Ted Ersek from MathSource at the WRI site.

David Park
djmp at earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/

From: José Carlos Santos [mailto:jcsantos at fc.up.pt]


Hi all,

With Mathematica, if I type

N[(-1.)^(1/3)]

I get

0.5 + 0.866025 i

This is correct, of course, but I would like to get -1. instead. How do
I tell Mathematica that I want a real result (if there is one)?

Best regards,

Jose Carlos Santos