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[-] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Wouldn't the square root just give plus/minus i? Seems correct enough.

[-] Opisek@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

No. The symbol √ signifies the principal square root of a number. Therefore, √x is always positive. The two roots of x, however, are ±√x. If you therefore have y²=x and you want to find y, you mustn't write y=√x, but rather y=±√x to be formally correct.

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