Sqrt[-z^2] == Sqrt[z] Sqrt[-z]
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<math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML' mathematica:form='TraditionalForm' xmlns:mathematica='http://www.wolfram.com/XML/'> <semantics> <mrow> <msqrt> <mrow> <mo> - </mo> <msup> <mi> z </mi> <mn> 2 </mn> </msup> </mrow> </msqrt> <mo> ⩵ </mo> <mrow> <msqrt> <mi> z </mi> </msqrt> <mo> ⁢ </mo> <msqrt> <mrow> <mo> - </mo> <mi> z </mi> </mrow> </msqrt> </mrow> </mrow> <annotation-xml encoding='MathML-Content'> <apply> <eq /> <apply> <power /> <apply> <times /> <cn type='integer'> -1 </cn> <apply> <power /> <ci> z </ci> <cn type='integer'> 2 </cn> </apply> </apply> <cn type='rational'> 1 <sep /> 2 </cn> </apply> <apply> <times /> <apply> <power /> <ci> z </ci> <cn type='rational'> 1 <sep /> 2 </cn> </apply> <apply> <power /> <apply> <times /> <cn type='integer'> -1 </cn> <ci> z </ci> </apply> <cn type='rational'> 1 <sep /> 2 </cn> </apply> </apply> </apply> </annotation-xml> </semantics> </math>
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2001-10-29
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