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class method
Math.cbrt
Math.cbrt(x) → Float
math.c
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static VALUE
math_cbrt(VALUE unused_obj, VALUE x)
{
double f = Get_Double(x);
double r = cbrt(f);
#if defined __GLIBC__
if (isfinite(r)) {
r = (2.0 * r + (f / r / r)) / 3.0;
}
#endif
return DBL2NUM(r);
}
Returns the cube root of x.
Domain: (-INFINITY, INFINITY)
Codomain: (-INFINITY, INFINITY)
Example
-9.upto(9) {|x| p [x, Math.cbrt(x), Math.cbrt(x)**3] } #=> [-9, -2.0800838230519, -9.0] # [-8, -2.0, -8.0] # [-7, -1.91293118277239, -7.0] # [-6, -1.81712059283214, -6.0] # [-5, -1.7099759466767, -5.0] # [-4, -1.5874010519682, -4.0] # [-3, -1.44224957030741, -3.0] # [-2, -1.25992104989487, -2.0] # [-1, -1.0, -1.0] # [0, 0.0, 0.0] # [1, 1.0, 1.0] # [2, 1.25992104989487, 2.0] # [3, 1.44224957030741, 3.0] # [4, 1.5874010519682, 4.0] # [5, 1.7099759466767, 5.0] # [6, 1.81712059283214, 6.0] # [7, 1.91293118277239, 7.0] # [8, 2.0, 8.0] # [9, 2.0800838230519, 9.0]