Why is it not as simple as

to obtain a result for the cubic root of -8 that is what one would expect: -2?

Instead we obtain

Why doesn't Maple return -2?

Is it possible to write latex equations in MaplePrimes?

Googling for this and also searching here in MaplePrimes didn't turn up any obvious answers to this question. I am coming from using Math Stack Exchange, and I'd like to ask a question about how to write a particular function in Maple.

$f(x)=\begin{cases} 5, x \neq 0 \\  0, x=0 \end{cases} $