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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Gotta ignore infinities too. The axioms they're based on are highly controversial.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

And ~~irrational~~ imaginary numbers. I mean the numbers make sense, but it’s not like we can intuitively understand sqrt(-1).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Your example is a complex number. An irrational number would be Pi or sqrt(5)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You're thinking of imaginary numbers. Irrational numbers are real numbers that have an infinite number of decimal places and don't repeat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Lol. Yes. Don’t drink and Lemmy.