--- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > >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. > > > It makes me very sad that you say so. So that I > don't think you have the right to this opinion, but > because about a week ago I wrote a long message > with subject something like "the square root of > minus > one is evil, why it must be eradicated" and > explained > why this satanic thing entered mathematics > > BTW, mathematics is not supposed to describe > anything. That's the job of physics
<cha-grin> I'm afraid that I bogged down very quickly in that post, so I missed the conclusion...but I'm relieved to hear that it is indeed evil! ;) Debbi __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
