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minus-squarepr06lefs@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoWhat about plain old x = -10? -10 ^ 2 = 100 -10 ^ 3 = -1000 -10 ^ 5 = -100000
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThat’s what he wrote, I imagine.
minus-squareSiethron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoIt is, but with imaginary numbets
What about plain old
x = -10
?-10 ^ 2 = 100
-10 ^ 3 = -1000
-10 ^ 5 = -100000
Isn’t that the joke?
That’s what he wrote, I imagine.
It is, but with imaginary numbets
numbet