Mike White wrote:
> 
> Francois Labreque <fla### [at] attglobalnet> wrote in message
> news:38C269FE.F40D9644@attglobal.net...
> >
> >
> > Mark Wagner wrote:
> > >
> > > David Fontaine wrote in message <38C1F08E.706E209D@faricy.net>...
> > > >What's this one?
> > >
> > > 42 in base  2*sqrt(-1)
> >
> > Huh?  42 is a real number, while i is an imaginary value.  Both of which
> > are orthognal.  You can't express a real number using an imaginary base.
> >
> > >
> > > Mark
> 
> wouldn't 100 in base 2*sqrt(-1) = -4 in base 10?

No.  I read 2*sqrt(-1) as "two times the square root of minus one",
which is equal to 2i.
You're thinking about [sqrt(-1)]^2, or "the square root of minus one,
squared".

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