On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Frederic Leymarie wrote:
> The above "newcommand" should read as (no "#" to indicate no. of
> arguments):
> \newcommand{\cubroot}[1]{\sqrt[3]{#1}}
>
> I tried it and it works. Interestingly, the above shows
> adequately in the PostScript viewer, but not in xvdi one ...
> where only the usual sqrt symbols appears without the number "3".
>
>
Imitating this you can create the n-th root with
\newcommand{\nroot}[2]{\sqrt[#1]{#2}}
Now you can write the n-th root of x like
\nroot{n}{x}. Both pair of brackets must be in TeX-Mode (red).
Alexander Wollmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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