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Subject: Re: y=sqrt(x)+2
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:34:16 -0500
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Chris M. Thomasson explained on 2/16/2025 :
> On 2/16/2025 11:04 AM, Richard Hachel wrote:
>> Le 16/02/2025 à 19:39, Richard Damon a écrit :
>>> On 2/16/25 9:27 AM, Richard Hachel wrote:
>>>> Le 16/02/2025 à 02:42, Richard Damon a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 4 * i^4
>>>>
>>>> Absolutely.
>>>>
>>>> J'avais toujours dit que les Richard étaient des êtres exceptionnels.
>>>>
>>>> Nota bene:
>>>> 4 * i^4 = -4
>>>
>>> No, i^4 - 1, since i^2 = -1, by definition.
>> 
>> When definitions are incorrect, the definitions should be ignored.
>
> Go ahead an ignore the complex numbers. Why should we care?
>
> [...]

Plus sqrt(-one)