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In mathematics, the n-th root or radical of the non-negative real number a, written as , is the unique non-negative real number b such that bn=a. See square root for the case where n=2.
Operations with radicals are given by the following formulas:
To every non-zero complex number a there are n different complex numbers b such that bn = a, so the symbol cannot be used unambiguously. The n-th roots of unity are of particular importance.
