Ans and ^ (1/3)

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(03-30-2015 06:15 PM)John Colvin Wrote:  if I place -8^(1/3) on the stack I get -2 after pressing eval.

If you eval -8^(1/3) you get -(8^(1/3)) which is -2 of course.

If you want to raise -8 to the 1/3 power, you need to eval:

'(-8)^(1/3)'

to get

1+1.73205080757*i

Make sure "Allow complex output from real input" is checked in settings.

Tom L