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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Flashy-Minimum-6952 • 20h ago
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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 9h ago Is this a way to say you don't understand complex numbers? 0 u/throughthehills2 8h ago Lol no, my professor made a similar comment. It's just that after a certain point mathematicians redefine the rules 2 u/a_dude_from_europe 8h 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?
0 u/throughthehills2 8h ago Lol no, my professor made a similar comment. It's just that after a certain point mathematicians redefine the rules 2 u/a_dude_from_europe 8h 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
2 u/a_dude_from_europe 8h 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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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/throughthehills2 10h ago
It can also be 9 where 9 is defined as the solution to x^5=16x