Are there multiple solutions to a fractional root/radical (over the complex numbers)? Any high school student would know that the square root of a real number  other than 0 (let's say 7)  has at most 2 real solutions: the principal root (in this case about 2.646) and -1 times whatever the principal root is (-2.646).
If we extend our solution range to the complex numbers, then cube roots, fourth roots, fifth roots and so on will also have multiple solutions.
For instance, if one tryed to to solve solutions for the cube root of 17 under the complex numbers, they would get 3 results:


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*$^3√17 ≈ 2.571$

*$^3√17 ≈-1.286+2.227i$

*$^3√17 ≈-1.286-2.227i$
Likewise, if you were calculate all the answers to $^4√17$ you would end up with 4 solutions under the complex numbers:


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*$^4√17 ≈2.031$ 

*$^4√17 ≈-2.031$ 

*$^4√17 ≈-2.031i$ 

*$^4√17 ≈2.031i$
These multiple-solution radicals are suited for $n$th roots where n is an integer and produce $n$ solutions.
The solutions themselves, here written in polar coordinates, go like this:


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*The 1st solution is of course the principal root $p$.

*The 2nd solution is $p ∠(360/n)˚$

*The 3rd solution is $p ∠(720/n)˚$

*The 4th solution is $p ∠(1,080/n)˚$

*The 5th solution is $p ∠(1,440/n)˚$
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*The jth solution is $p ∠(360(j-1)/n)˚$
where:


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*$n$ is the root degree used.

*$j$ is the index number of the solution ($i$ is not used because it conflicts with the symbol for the imaginary unit)

*$p$ is the principal root.


My question is that do $n$th roots with $n$ not being an integer (like $^\pi√40$) also  have multiple solutions? 
(Note that, in this case,  there will no longer be exactly $n$ solutions to the radical. This is because having a fractional number of solutions to a problem does not make sense in the real world.)
 A: In case the root being taken is a non-integer rational, then, the number of roots is still finite (and equal to the numerator of the reduced fraction form of the rational) because we can rewrite $\sqrt[\frac{a}{b}] c\quad$ as $\sqrt[a]{c^b}\quad$- so, for instance, here you'd get $a$ roots. If the root being taken is irrational, then, you'll probably find infinitely many roots.
Suppose $e^{i\theta}$ is an $n$th root ($n$ is irrational) of 1. Given that $e^{2\pi i}=1$, any number of the form $e^{i(\theta+k\frac{2\pi}{n})}$, where $k$ is an integer, will also be an $n$th root of 1. Now suppose some number of the form $e^{i(\theta+u\frac{2\pi}{n})}$ equals some number of the form $e^{i(\theta+v\frac{2\pi}{n})}$, where $u$ and $v$ are distinct integers. Then, it must be the case that $(u-v)\frac{2\pi}{n}$ is some integer multiple of $2\pi$ (referring to Euler's formula that $e^{ix}=cis(x)$). So $(u-v)\frac{2\pi}{n}=2\pi m\implies n=(u-v)/m$. Since $u$ and $v$ were distinct, $m$ was non-zero- but that would imply that $n$ was rational, a contradiction. So there are infinitely many distinct irrational roots of unity (and by extension for all other elements of $\mathbb C$ as well).
