N-th roots of complex numbers?



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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