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minus-squareaberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoSo because quantum mechanics is well modeled by imaginary numbers, the existence of quantum particles threatens the definition of irrational numbers? That doesn’t make any sense.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoYes, it does not make any sense. If the link above is what it appears from the summary, some students unknowingly attempted to square the circle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squaring_the_circle
So because quantum mechanics is well modeled by imaginary numbers, the existence of quantum particles threatens the definition of irrational numbers? That doesn’t make any sense.
Yes, it does not make any sense. If the link above is what it appears from the summary, some students unknowingly attempted to square the circle.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squaring_the_circle