Re: Non-square roots?

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Brooks Moses wrote:

> LaTeX offers the following way to write a cube root: $\sqrt[3]{x}$.  
> Is there a way to do this in ConTeXt other than the TeX way of $\root 
> 3\of x$?
>
> Also, Hans, if there isn't a direct way to do this, the following code 
> is pretty much how LaTeX implements it, with an extra line at the top 
> to make it work in ConTeXt.  Would it be reasonable to put something 
> like this (or something that implements this syntax) in m-newmat?
>
>    \let\sqrtsign=\sqrt
>    \def\sqrt{\@ifnextchar[\@sqrt\sqrtsign}
>    \def\@sqrt[#1]{\root #1\of}

\let\normalsqrt\sqrt % \dohandlemathtoken {sqrt}

\def\sqrt{\doifnextcharelse[\notsosqrt\normalsqrt}
\def\notsosqrt[#1]{\root#1\of}

$\sqrt[3]{10}$

Do you want this in the kernel? 

Hans 

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