Can someone good at math explain this comic to me?
11-24-2010 at 05:49 PM
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Can someone good at math explain this comic to me?
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11-24-2010 at 05:51 PM
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roots of negative numbers = imaginary
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11-24-2010 at 05:53 PM
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sqrt(-1) = i, which the standard imaginary unit. So the joke is the other numbers can't see the sqrt(-1) because its "imaginary." Read more about complex numbers here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_number
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11-24-2010 at 05:54 PM
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Yeah, I get the square root part, but is there any reason why only 8 can see it?
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11-24-2010 at 05:55 PM
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Tis an imaginary number, also known as i
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11-24-2010 at 05:55 PM
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he's a crazy eight
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11-24-2010 at 08:22 PM
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Math comics? Awesome.
In other words, don't mess with Mowicz.
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11-24-2010 at 08:28 PM
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i think it's supposed to be 8's imaginary friend. 8 isn't special, just someone has to be the crazy one
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11-24-2010 at 08:44 PM
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My math prof is hotter.
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My lovely door in rez.
http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/o...h/DSC02607.jpg
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I'm sorry you don't get it. ):
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11-24-2010 at 09:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stevennevets
i think it's supposed to be 8's imaginary friend. 8 isn't special, just someone has to be the crazy one
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It just came to my mind because I was playing a bunch of card games at SWHAT last week =/
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11-24-2010 at 10:14 PM
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It took me a minute, haha, but I has it. I was sad for a bit.
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11-24-2010 at 10:36 PM
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lol how do you not get that, were you homeschooled or something
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Social Work and Sociology.... lol Probably not a math person, and would not be inclined to remember things like this from grade 11 math.
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11-24-2010 at 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by arathbon
Social Work and Sociology.... lol Probably not a math person, and would not be inclined to remember things like this from grade 11 math.
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I barely recall ever being formally taught the concept of imaginary numbers.
Seriously, I think the teacher spent all of 30 seconds on it and then I remember being assigned all the questions that didn't deal with them back in high school.
Either my memory is shot, my teacher was just too lazy to go into detail, or my school board was trying to phase it out of the curriculum or something...
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