(-1)^float & (-1)^bfloat not consistent

[rtoy]

Imported from SourceForge on 2024-07-09 19:32:45
Created by willisbl on 2021-05-22 14:00:40
Original: https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/bugs/3786

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We have

(%i3)	(-1)^(1.2);
(%o3)	(-1)^1.2

(%i4)	(-1)^(1.2b0);
(%o4)	-5.877852522924732b-1*%i-8.090169943749474b-1

Same inconsistency for %i^float & negative integer^float"

(%i5)	(%i)^(1.2);
(%o5)	(\-1)^0.6
(%i6)	(%i)^(1.2b0);
(%o6)	9.510565162951536b-1*%i\-3.090169943749474b-1

[rtoy]

Imported from SourceForge on 2024-07-09 19:32:46
Created by robert_dodier on 2021-06-17 06:23:00
Original: https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/bugs/3786/#027e

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• labels: --> floating point, power, simplification