From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2003-02-06T07:48:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Error in Complex

Hal E. Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
 
> OK, I admit I'm showing my ignorance here.
> How do you reconcile that with:
> 
> (-i)**(2/3.0) 
> ((-i)**2)**3.0)
             ^^^
	     1/3.0

= cbrt(-1), if your arithmetic is exact, and there are three cube roots
of a complex number. See my answer to Daniel's post for more detail.

martin