Cube root polar angle by three in order to define a cube root. With this definition, the principal cube root of a negative number is a complex number, and for instance will not be −2, but rather . This difficulty can also be solved by considering the cube root as a multivalued function: if we write the original complex number "x" in three equivalent forms, namely The principal complex cube roots of these three forms are then respectively Unless , these three complex numbers are distinct, even though the three representations of "x" were equivalent. For example, may then be calculated to
Cube Cove, Alaska Cube Cove, Alaska Cube Cove was an unincorporated community and census-designated place on the northwestern side of Admiralty Island in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 72 at the 2000 United States Census, but it was not included in the 2010 census. What was Cube Cove was located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.48%, is water. Cube Cove first appeared on the 1990 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP) and again in 2000.