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minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 hours agoExcept that yes, math is about precision and rigor, and yes, the square root of negative numbers is totally allowed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_root#Square_roots_of_negative_and_complex_numbers) and yes, math totally allows for statements with multiple solutions. sin(x) = 0 also has infinite solutions and yet it’s totally legal for x to make an equation like that.
Except that yes, math is about precision and rigor, and yes, the square root of negative numbers is totally allowed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_root#Square_roots_of_negative_and_complex_numbers) and yes, math totally allows for statements with multiple solutions.
sin(x) = 0
also has infinite solutions and yet it’s totally legal for x to make an equation like that.