float values of cubic roots

• Subject: float values of cubic roots
• From: Jan Hendrik Müller
• Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:15:11 +0200

Dear all,
I recently looked for integer values of cubic roots expressions. I was 
surprised that wxMaxima computed the second expression (of the attached 
screenshot) wrong, because both are integer. Can someone help me/explain 
the reason for the wrong result?
Thanks a lot
Jan M?ller
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