nth root implementation

Question

I am working on a way to calculate the n^th root of a number. However, I am having problems with the n^th root of negative numbers.

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Answer 1

Either use one of the many complex number packages available on the Internet, or convert your number to a rectangular position on the Argand plane, rotate it the appropriate angle as given by the root, then read it out as a (real, imaginary) pair.