xth root of y Message #3 Posted by Hal Bitton in Boise on 31 May 2009, 11:39 a.m., in response to message #1 by Quan
Hi Quan
Since real valued roots are (apparently) all the 35S will return, and since a negative real number has 1 real odd root, that's what is returned. Since that same negative real has no real valued even roots (they're all complex), nothing is returned. All the even or odd roots of any number, real or complex, are relatively easy to come up with (DeMoivre's Theorum), but it would be nice if the calculator would just give them to you. If the 35s will solve for the zero's of a polynomial (I don't have a 35s, so I don't know), a workaround would be to transform to polynomial form and get the roots that way (cube root -8 would be (x^3 + 8), and the three cube roots (ie zero's) returned would be (in polar form) 2@60deg, 2@180deg (ie,-2), and 2@-60deg.
Best regards, Hal
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