what should be the value of i to the power i where i=square root of -1

Question

logically i should get 0.209 but python gv me an answer of -1.why?

Answer 1

a=complex("j")
print(a**a)

This returns the correct value. Maybe you forgot the ** and wrote * ?

Answer 2

my bad i forgot to use root for -1

Answer 3

yeah, -1**(-1) is -1...