Francois Labreque <fla### [at] attglobalnet> wrote in message
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> Mike White wrote:
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> > Francois Labreque <fla### [at] attglobalnet> wrote in message
> > news:38C269FE.F40D9644@attglobal.net...
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> > >
> > > Mark Wagner wrote:
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> > > > 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?
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> 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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100 in base 2*sqrt(-1) should equal  -4

1*((2*sqrt(-1))^2) + 0*((2*sqrt(-1))^1)+0*((2*sqrt(-1))^0) = -4

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