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nthroot

Real nth root of real numbers

Calling Sequence

y=nthroot(x,n)

Arguments

x

real scalar or vector/matrix

n

real scalar

Description

nthroot(x,n) is the real vector/matrix of the nth root of the x elements. If x has negative elements, n must be an odd.

Examples

nthroot(2,3)    
nthroot(-2,3)    
nthroot(-2,-3)
nthroot(2,-3)

See Also

  • hat — (^) exponentiation
  • sqrt — square root
  • sqrtm — matrix square root
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