To: Doctor Stochastic; snarks_when_bored
The real question (IMNSHO) is: "Why does the Sqrt(-1) suffice?" In other words, why do we not need CubeRoot(-1), etc.? Point of Information: do you mean "why do we NOT need CubeRoot (-1), etc." in order to model QM, or are you asking the question in a more abstract, purely mathematical sense?
To: longshadow; Doctor Stochastic; snarks_when_bored
um, isn't the cube root of "negative one" simply "negative one"?
I mean, -1^3 = -1...
38 posted on
12/04/2005 9:50:51 AM PST by
King Prout
(many accuse me of being overly literal... this would not be a problem if many were not under-precise)
To: longshadow
Purely mathematical and somewhat philosophical. It's an interesting question. Why is i sufficient? (Run your spell&grammar-checker on this.)
43 posted on
12/04/2005 9:57:28 AM PST by
Doctor Stochastic
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