Question

Can someone help me to find a solution on how to calculate a cubic root of the negative number using python?

>>> math.pow(-3, float(1)/3)
nan

it does not work. Cubic root of the negative number is negative number. Any solutions?

Answer 1

You could use:

-math.pow(3, float(1)/3)

Or more generally:

if x > 0:
    return math.pow(x, float(1)/3)
elif x < 0:
    return -math.pow(abs(x), float(1)/3)
else:
    return 0