RE: Real numerical computations
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- 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