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Dan
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 11/23/04 9:36pm
I'd like to know the way Mathematica evaluates x^(1/3) because if I have say f[x_]:=x^(1/3) then
for N[f[-9]] I obtain roughly 1.04+1.80i
But obviously this can't be true since it should really be about -2.08. (-2.08*-2.08*-2.08 ~ -8.99, which is what the cubic root should be)
So what does the complex number represent, where does it come from, and how do I evalute x^(1/3) correctly.
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