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  1. ; Find a complex root to a polynomial.
  2. ; The desired root is
  3. ;  x  = -0.4196433776  +0.6062907292i
  4. ; The starting value -.5+.5i is used.  Other starting values
  5. ; might result in one of the other two roots.
  6. ; See POLY.EKA for another way to solve polynomials.
  7.  
  8. COMPLEX
  9. x^3 - x^2 - x - 1 = 0
  10. x := -.5 + .5i
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