Re: Simplifying radicals
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- Subject: [mg122254] Re: Simplifying radicals
- From: dimitris <dimmechan at yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:08:31 -0400 (EDT)
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On Oct 20, 2:49 pm, Tom De Vries <tidetable... at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, I'm working with some introductory topics in radicals. > > I know that Mathematica assumes things about the domain used in > problems, so the principal cube root of a negative number will be > complex... or something like that.. > > I'm way down at the lower high school level simply working with cube > roots of negative numbers and wanting a negative number result. > > I know there are ways of using assumptions and solving over the reals, etc. > > Is there any EASY way I can simply ask for the cube root of -729 and get -9? > > TOM Apart from my original reply I would strongly suggest the following thread: http : // groups.google.com/group/comp.soft - sys.math.mathematica/ browse_thread/thread/403 b579399a8b61/d057e0af1e2a5474?lnk = gst & q principal + cube + root # d057e0af1e2a5474 Regards Dimitris