Calculating the N-th Root Correctly

[imambungo]

public double calculateTheOldWay(double base, double n) {
	return Math.pow(base, 1.0/n);
}

the solution above gives correct answers more often than the solution from the article below:

public Double calculate(Double base, Double n) {
    return Math.pow(Math.E, Math.log(base)/n);
}

 
I just tested both solutions here. It turns out that, for base ranged from 2 to 10000 and n ranged from 2 to 8, the Math.log solution gives 26 correct answers and 114 wrong answers while Math.pow solution gives 119 correct answers and 21 wrong answers as seen in the result.

[eric-martin]

@imambungo We have logged an internal ticket to update the article. I'll keep this ticket updated with our progress.

[maibin]

@imambungo the issue is fixed now, closing.
Thanks again for your feedback!