One question which has fascinated me in recent years, was the question of what exactly happens, if we start with a complex number as a base, and if we then raise that base to either a rational exponent, or an irrational exponent.
In the following worksheet, I explored that subject for all to see:
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The worksheet above was made using a graphical front-end to the open-source Computer Algebra System named ‘Maxima’. That graphical front-end is named ‘wxMaxima’, and adds as features, to be able to convert textual output from Maxima, into typeset equations, as well as to make certain presentations and plots nicer.