> From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- "Miller, Jeffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Logic question: if an answer to a question relies on > > changing a principal axiom of the Universe, is the > > answer then irrational (or otherwise invalid)?
Is the answer arrived at logically from the original axiom? > My grasp of formal logic is tentative at best, but I > never understood why one should propose an "imaginary > number" like the square root of -2 (IIRC the term > correctly), as - to me - math is supposed to describe > the real world, not an impossible one. And yet most fractals including the mandelbrot set and electricity, rely on the 'square root of -1', in fact i is very necessary for electrical engineers. > But I think your question is pertinent. > > An Infinity Between One And Zero Maru _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
