principal root

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A complex number which, when raised to the power of n, yields the radicand of its nth degree radical, and which has the greatest real part among all such numbers, and positive imaginary part in case of equality of the real parts.

Word forms

principal root principal roots
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