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A non-integer power of a complex number gives what kind of result?
Aa purely imaginary number
Ba multiple-valued result
Calways a real number
Dan undefined value
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. a multiple-valued result
Because the angle is only defined up to multiples of 2π, different choices of k give different values.
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