Re: Real numerical computations
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- Subject: [mg71767] Re: Real numerical computations
- From: Bill Rowe <readnewsciv at sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:04:21 -0500 (EST)
On 11/27/06 at 4:04 AM, jcsantos at fc.up.pt (José Carlos Santos) wrote: >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)? Take a look at the package Miscellaneous`RealOnly` i.e. In[1]:= <<Miscellaneous`RealOnly` In[2]:= (-1)^(1/3)//N Out[2]= -1. -- To reply via email subtract one hundred and four