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The Square Root of -1: Is it possible?
Posted: 2009.03.19 (21:28)
by Octopod Squad
I think it is impossible. Do you? Discuss.
Re: The Square Root of -1: Is it possible?
Posted: 2009.03.19 (22:03)
by Skyling
Re: The Square Root of -1: Is it possible?
Posted: 2009.03.19 (22:24)
by 29403
Octopod Squad isn't horrible.
It's i!
Re: The Square Root of -1: Is it possible?
Posted: 2009.03.19 (23:25)
by lord_day
Don't forget -i. Also at school, we were always taught it as j, not i. Not sure why though.
Re: The Square Root of -1: Is it possible?
Posted: 2009.03.19 (23:35)
by LittleViking
lord_day wrote:Also at school, we were always taught it as j, not i. Not sure why though.
Probably because your teachers are jerks.
Re: The Square Root of -1: Is it possible?
Posted: 2009.03.20 (01:20)
by BNW
WHAT THE F**K????
Re: The Square Root of -1: Is it possible?
Posted: 2009.03.20 (01:43)
by Izzy
BNW wrote:WHAT THE F**K????
This discussion has nothing to do with forks. It's
i we're talking about here. Get out a number line and put a mark anywhere that isn't on the number line. That's
i.
Re: The Square Root of -1: Is it possible?
Posted: 2009.03.20 (01:44)
by t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư
LittleViking wrote:lord_day wrote:Also at school, we were always taught it as j, not i. Not sure why though.
Probably because your teachers are jerks.
You misspelled "electrical engineers."
Re: The Square Root of -1: Is it possible?
Posted: 2009.03.20 (02:09)
by scythe
Octopod Squad wrote:I think it is impossible. Do you? Discuss.
I imagine it's possible.
Re: The Square Root of -1: Is it possible?
Posted: 2009.03.20 (08:07)
by Rikaninja
I think it's possible, and complicated, I'm not working it out.
Re: The Square Root of -1: Is it possible?
Posted: 2009.03.20 (15:10)
by epigone
Are you guys really going to debate accepted mathematical principles?
Re: The Square Root of -1: Is it possible?
Posted: 2009.03.20 (16:55)
by Spawn of Yanni
I pick C, "No, you aren't"!