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Rooting


Concept of Rooting

Rooting or the root operation is a mathematical operation used to find the base of a given power using the exponent and base:

nan=a


Properties of Roots

  • Every positive number a has one n-th root.
  • Negative numbers do not have an even root.
  • Negative numbers have one odd root, which is also negative.

2na2n=|a|2n+1a2n+1=an0=0,wheren0n1=1,wheren0


Operations with Roots

Taking into account the properties of roots mentioned above:

na×b=na×nbnab=nanbmna=m×nanam=amn(na)m=namnam=k×nak×m


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