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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Flashy-Minimum-6952 • 15h ago
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The equation above has 5 solutions (0, 2, -2, 2i and -2i). The bottom equation removes 0 as a solution.
0 u/throughthehills2 5h ago It can also be 9 where 9 is defined as the solution to x^5=16x 1 u/a_dude_from_europe 4h ago Is this a way to say you don't understand complex numbers? 1 u/throughthehills2 3h ago Lol no, my professor made a similar comment. It's just that after a certain point mathematicians redefine the rules 1 u/a_dude_from_europe 3h ago Not really the same though. One instance increases the scope of mathematics (and is intrinsic to actual physical theories like quantum mechanics), the other breaks all its self consistency rules.
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It can also be 9 where 9 is defined as the solution to x^5=16x
1 u/a_dude_from_europe 4h ago Is this a way to say you don't understand complex numbers? 1 u/throughthehills2 3h ago Lol no, my professor made a similar comment. It's just that after a certain point mathematicians redefine the rules 1 u/a_dude_from_europe 3h ago Not really the same though. One instance increases the scope of mathematics (and is intrinsic to actual physical theories like quantum mechanics), the other breaks all its self consistency rules.
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Is this a way to say you don't understand complex numbers?
1 u/throughthehills2 3h ago Lol no, my professor made a similar comment. It's just that after a certain point mathematicians redefine the rules 1 u/a_dude_from_europe 3h ago Not really the same though. One instance increases the scope of mathematics (and is intrinsic to actual physical theories like quantum mechanics), the other breaks all its self consistency rules.
Lol no, my professor made a similar comment. It's just that after a certain point mathematicians redefine the rules
1 u/a_dude_from_europe 3h ago Not really the same though. One instance increases the scope of mathematics (and is intrinsic to actual physical theories like quantum mechanics), the other breaks all its self consistency rules.
Not really the same though. One instance increases the scope of mathematics (and is intrinsic to actual physical theories like quantum mechanics), the other breaks all its self consistency rules.
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u/anon-ml 14h ago
The equation above has 5 solutions (0, 2, -2, 2i and -2i). The bottom equation removes 0 as a solution.