Real numerical computations
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- Subject: [mg71701] Real numerical computations
- From: José Carlos Santos <jcsantos at fc.up.pt>
- Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:04:08 -0500 (EST)
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