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roots
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In Cool§

See primary documentation in context for routine roots 

multi        roots(Numeric(Cool) $x, Int(Cool) $n)
multi method roots(Int(Cool) $n)

Coerces the first argument (and in method form, the invocant) to Numeric and the second ($n) to Int, and produces a list of $n Complex $n-roots, which means numbers that, raised to the $nth power, approximately produce the original number.

For example

my $original = 16;
my @roots = $original.roots(4);
say @roots;

for @roots -> $r {
    say abs($r ** 4 - $original);
}

# OUTPUT:«2+0i 1.22464679914735e-16+2i -2+2.44929359829471e-16i -3.67394039744206e-16-2i␤»
# OUTPUT:«1.77635683940025e-15␤»
# OUTPUT:«4.30267170434156e-15␤»
# OUTPUT:«8.03651692704705e-15␤»
# OUTPUT:«1.04441561648202e-14␤»

In role Numeric§

See primary documentation in context for method roots 

multi method roots(Numeric:D: Int:D $n --> Positional)

Returns a list of the $n complex roots, which evaluate to the original number when raised to the $nth power.