TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.worldtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•Imaginary numbers are more real than infinity.
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9 hours agoSo Descartes coined the term specifically as a dig because he didn’t see any geometric possibilty to the concept. The concept seems to have roots going back to ancient Egypt, but the modern inquiry goes to the Renaissance. I think Gauss wanted to call them laterals.
43 states and one district didn’t matter this time.
Only seven states mattered.