xia@lemmy.sdf.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agoImaginary numbers are more real than infinity.message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down118
arrow-up178arrow-down1message-squareImaginary numbers are more real than infinity.xia@lemmy.sdf.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·27 days agoimaginary numbers have a really bad name, that totally unnecessarily imply they dont somehow exist. but tell me, how many numbers are there?
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoObviously there is no number to quantify how many numbers there are, only a weaker concept of it being unbounded and limitless. null or undefined if you prefer.
imaginary numbers have a really bad name, that totally unnecessarily imply they dont somehow exist.
but tell me, how many numbers are there?
Obviously there is no number to quantify how many numbers there are, only a weaker concept of it being unbounded and limitless.
nullorundefinedif you prefer.NaN?