Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Moebius Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: Equation complexe Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:34:11 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: invalid@example.invalid MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:34:12 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d1a702830922407880d485287298130b"; logging-data="2825900"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+rFGfhOBSe5TZVe86/ku3b" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:pV4bkNKejB0KogdfqUcy7zRam1E= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: Am 26.02.2025 um 19:23 schrieb Python: > We can explain why i^2 = -1 from this very precise and clear definition: > > i is the equivalence class of the polynomial X in the quotient ring > [actually a field] R[X]/(X^1+1). > > From that you can deduce that i^2 = -1. Same with C := {(x, y) : x,y e IR}, i := (0, 1) and properly defined addition and multiplication on C. Then we can PROVE that î * i = (-1, 0) aka -1. No big deal.