IBDaMann
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The j operator is not defined as the square root of any negative value; that would be bad math.
"The true metaphysics of the square root negative 1 remains elusive." - C.F. Gauss
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IBDaMann
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Who are "they"? Hockey fans?
IBDaMann
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Did you have anything intelligent to contribute?
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
Poor sarcasm. Sqrt(-1) is called imaginary number for a reason.
Be glad you're not on a major math/science or you'd be laughed out of there.
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
Do you?
IBDaMann
Well-known member
Nope. There are no numbers that are square roots of negative values.
Why haven't you bothered to learn the mathematical proof confirming that this is the case?
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
Again, sqrt(-1) is a solution to x^2 + 1 = 0. It is called imaginary number.
Quite simple. Did Dum-dum school make you dumber?
IBDaMann
Well-known member
Nope. Do you see that square root of -1 you have there? You can't do that. Sorry.
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
And yet it is used in math. You cannot get around that fact.
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
Perhaps it's time for you.
IBDaMann
Well-known member
Nope. It is not. Do you remember when you claimed to have a math degree? Too funny.
You are the one who is too intellectually dishonest to research and learn the mathematical proof that renders it invalid.
Theoretical physics outran mathematics as a useful descriptive language decades ago, so this is old news. 'positive' and 'negative' are merely indicators of direction from some chosen point or other, is all. 'imaginary' numbers are merely limits in reverse. Trying to apply them to 'apples' is just stupid.
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
Again, sqrt(-1) is called imaginary number. Sqrt(-1)^2 = -1.
It's beyond your IQ to understand.
IBDaMann
Well-known member
Again, you are wasting bandwidth. In all this time you could have independently verified the proof that says it all.
Learning disabled is not characteristic of all deaf people, right?
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
Again, sqrt(-1) is called imaginary number. Of course it doesn't exist in the real set. It's a concept that works well and has applications.
Insulting deaf people indicates that you have tipped your king.
IBDaMann
Well-known member
Again, it is not. You can't take the square root of negative numbers. Sorry. I didn't realize that your learning disability was so severe.
i extends the real number line to the complex plane. it is defined as the number that, when squared, equals -1. Notice that there is no square root involved in that definition.
No math errors work well and none have any applications.
I made an observation about you. Your thinking that you are deaf people (plural) shows that you are lost in your strawberry safe space.
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
I accept your concession.
Then what is the j operator?????
OMG, you really are intellectually marooned.
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The word "imaginary" is an unfortunate relic from the 18th century when it wasn't yet widely accepted that i and the associated complex numbers were mathematically valid and had real tangible application.
I think the word "imaginary" just gives people who never advanced beyond 10th grade math the wrong impression.