having an arugument about the square root of -1,

my arguement is this.....


Claims of its nonexistence are confused with it not being a real number. It's called an imaginary number, but not because it doesn't exist. It's called an imaginary number because it is not real (and the word "real" in math lingo simply means a number on the number line that everyone is familiar with. It doesn't imply that other numbers do not exist.)

To give you an advantage to what it seems like you about to do in math, keep in mind the following two things about the number i, and most complex arithemetic will be easy (complex meaning "of the form a + bi", not complex meaning "hard")

1) If you ever square root -1, replace that with an i.
Example: sqrt(-9) = sqrt(9) * sqrt(-1) = 3i

2) If you ever square an i, replace it with -1.
Example: (3i)(6i) = 18i^2 = 18(-1) = -18.

I know, I know, "I thought when you square something, it comes out positive?" Yeah, that's a rule... for REAL numbers. "i" is not real. It is imaginary. It plays by its own rules.

the MENSA guys wont have it that it is a number depicted by I....

 

 

havent you got a shag at this time in the morning



http://www.thehun.com/

 

cheers maybe I could wank myself to sleep

 

if you want a head fuck do this


http://www.freestuffhotdeals.com/hacker/1.html

i rest my case

 

 

biglee


if you want the answers will give you the link

you have pm

 

No negative number can possibly have a square root.

So -1, -20, -100 etc

NONE of them have a square root.


The reason is that if you have a square root it means that when squared it will equal the number its the square root of, and ANY number squared is ALWAYS a positive value.


So for example
-4 * -4 = 16
4 * 4 = 16

So wether the number you are squaring is positive or negative, the result is always positive.



So an imaginary number is your ONLY option if you are going to quote the root of a negative.

 

lol avid you cunt i've got to 8 so far now am stuck

 

 

you have pm Homer.

 

cheers

 

Bastard

At 15 now, stuck for 16

 

Coldo

read your own sig first line

 

This is so the wrong place for this discussion

Being a scientist myself, we don't care if the number is real or not, complex numbers are just a way to make 2D calculations easier to spell out. Then when you want to go 3D, 4D, ... 3x3D etc... tensor calculus comes to play. And still nobody cares if the numbers are real or not. It's just an aggreement to make the syntax look clearer.

To easily understand the basic operations of complex and real numbers, have a look at the geometric interpretation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_number

 

I got as far as acht, now i'm fooked

 

tensor calculus relies on so called imagenary numbers tho doesnt it....?

my argument lies in the fact it can be done....and those so called experts tell ing me it cant,....someone pls explain the correct terminology.

 

chip...a squared number does not have to be a positive.....you can have a square negative, think of it as a complete mirror of the positive value, it is a number that doesnt exist, however you can write it down so therefore it does exist....

 

This is excellent!! although could someone tell me if 13 should just be a black screen or is my work PC just not displaying it?

 

Zee germans may help you on this one

 

im stuck on the black screen aswell

 

It should be a black screen - look harder!!

I am now stuck on 16

 

Extreme maths allow you to do anything you want... Apparently in some schools of thought, -infinity and +infinity actually converge and become equal at some point.

You probably need a few drugs to make sense of it all though

 

quite.... the infinity thing is completely another argument.....can of worms there....

 

lol well if that isnt a cryptic clue i dont know what is!!

 

ITS A FUCKIN BLACK SCREEN>>>>>>>>FFS

LOOK harder???????????? how?????????????

 

Try putting the pointer in the top left corner, holding the left button down, and dragging to the bottom right corner!!!!!

JJ

 

done the black screen.....haha...like it

 

finished...lol...results

EDITED ALL ANSWERS REMOVED>>>>>sorry fogot ppl are still doing it..


took 20 mins...not a bad puzzle.....ive had MENSA ones easier than that.lol

 

I figured that, but dont know any german

 

The solution to your problem is here!!!!

http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr

JJ

 

Guess you aint a hacker

How about trying to Mark Everything on the screen with the menu command?

Or you could view the source of the html file.

 

All done!!!

I thought the hardest was 16, they seemed to get easier again nearer the end!!



biglee - might be worth deleting the answers just in case people are tempted overly to cheat!!!!

JJ

 

never wanted to be a hacker.....altho i have fnished.....in 20 mins...

 

done matey

 

can anyone help me out with 16?

 

Think american presidents

 

anyone else finished other than me and JjCoDeX75???????

 

serioulsy stcu on 13, ive just done 12

 

got it, square numbers