Cube root the cube root of numbers having many digits in the "Aryabhatiya" (section 2.5). Cube root In mathematics, a cube root of a number "x" is a number "y" such that "y" = "x". All real numbers (except zero) have exactly one real cube root and a pair of complex conjugate cube roots, and all nonzero complex numbers have three distinct complex cube roots. For example, the real cube root of 8, denoted , is 2, because 2 = 8, while the other cube roots of 8 are −1 + "i" and −1 − "i". The three cube roots of −27"i"
Nth root Any expression containing a radical, whether it is a square root, a cube root, or a higher root, is called a "radical expression", and if it contains no transcendental functions or transcendental numbers it is called an algebraic expression. In calculus, roots are treated as special cases of exponentiation, where the exponent is a fraction: Roots are particularly important in the theory of infinite series; the root test determines the radius of convergence of a power series. Roots can also be defined for complex numbers, and the complex roots of 1 (the roots of unity) play an important role in