makelist( exp( (log(8*%i)* ((1+2*k*%pi*%i)/3)), k,0,2);
you will have to use various simplification programs to convert to other
forms.
RJF
On 9/30/2013 5:04 PM, Alasdair McAndrew wrote:
> A quick question: is there a simple built-in method for computing the
> list of all n-th roots of a complex number? I can easily write a
> little procedure myself, but I wonder if there's already something
> available? So that, for example, asking for the cube roots of 8i
> would return -2i, -sqrt(3)+i,sqrt(3)+i.
>
> Thanks,
> Alasdair
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