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Concerning fractional powers the image used to illustrate the rule is erroneous
http://www.encyclopediaofmath.orghttps://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/p/p074/p074190/p07419010.png

The rule should be stated as : a^(n/m) = (a^(1/m))^n rather than this : a^(n/m) = (a^(1/n))^m

:Indeed! Thank you for pointing it. --[[User:Boris Tsirelson|Boris Tsirelson]] ([[User talk:Boris Tsirelson|talk]]) 20:54, 7 February 2013 (CET)