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n-th root : root

root takes two arguments : an integer n and a number a.
root returns the n-th root of a (i.e. a1/n). If a < 0, the n-th root is a complex number of argument 2$ \pi$/n.
Input :
root(3,2)
Output :
2^(1/3)
Input :
root(3,2.0)
Output :
1.259921049892
Input :
root(3,sqrt(2))
Output :
2^(1/6)



giac documentation written by Renée De Graeve and Bernard Parisse