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nthroot

Maxima Function

Calling Sequence

nthroot (p, n)

Description

where p is a polynomial with integer coefficients and n is a positive integer returns q, a polynomial over the integers, such that q^n=p or prints an error message indicating that p is not a perfect nth power. This routine is much faster than factor or even sqfr.

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