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To: Doctor Stochastic
There are always three cube roots

eh?

ok, give me an illustration, so that I (might have some chance to try to) know what you are talking about: What are the other cube roots of, oh, 27, besides 3?

and no cheating... X3 and Y3 and Z3 have the same numeric value ;)

52 posted on 12/04/2005 10:07:41 AM PST by King Prout (many accuse me of being overly literal... this would not be a problem if many were not under-precise)
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To: King Prout

x**3-1=0 is the equation we need to solve. -1 is one solution.

(x**3-1)/(x-1)=x**2+x+1 so we solve this by the quadratic formula.

x=(-1+Sqrt(-3))/2 or (-1-Sqrt(-3))/2

These are the others cube roots. Multiplying by 3 gives the cube roots of (-27).


59 posted on 12/04/2005 10:12:43 AM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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