On Fri, Apr 04, 2025 at 11:50:47PM +0200, 'Ralf Hemmecke' via FriCAS - computer 
algebra system wrote:
> Maybe I don“t understand that code, but shouldn't
> 
>   even?(denom(n))
> 
> actually be
> 
>   denom(n) > 1

No, compare with power in Float.

> https://github.com/fricas/fricas/blob/master/src/algebra/interval.spad#L493
> 
>   -- From RadicalCategory
>   _^(u : %, n : Fraction Integer) : % ==
>       lo : R := inf(u)
>       hi : R := sup(u)
>       lo <= 0 =>
>            even?(denom(n)) =>             -- <========= ???
>                error "fractional power only defined for x > 0"
>            even?(numer(n)) =>
>                hi < 0 =>
>                    interval(0, lo^n)
>                interval(0, max(lo^n, hi^n))
>            interval(lo^n, hi^n)
>       interval(lo^n, hi^n)
> 
> 
> Ralf
> 
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