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Originally Posted by ZenGum
We define i as the square root of minus one, despite the fact that there is no number which can be multiplied by itself to produce minus one.
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That's why it's an imaginary number.
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Mathematicians just make shit up all the time, but they call it "stipulating". Why can't I? :p
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When you have a PhD in a field no one can understand, you can get away with a lot. Hell, they got the New Math over on us. It's all gravy from that point forward.