
What is $\sqrt {i}$? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
May 12, 2015 · The square root of i is (1 + i)/sqrt (2). [Try it out my multiplying it by itself.] It has no special notation beyond other complex numbers; in my discipline, at least, it comes up about …
What exactly IS a square root? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
May 12, 2015 · It's come to my attention that I don't actually understand what a square root really is (the operation). The only way I know of to take square roots (or nth root, for that matter) it to …
What does the small number on top of the square root symbol …
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radicals - How do I get the square root of a complex number ...
Jun 9, 2011 · The square root is not a well defined function on complex numbers. Because of the fundamental theorem of algebra, you will always have two different square roots for a given …
Can the square root of a real number be negative? [duplicate]
May 27, 2014 · Although yes, the square of any positive real is equal to the square of the corresponding negative, the square root function cannot be well-defined if it generates both a …
Is the square root of a negative number defined?
Apr 13, 2014 · This approach is not without fault either, since you're now no longer talking strictly about the square root of a complex number. The points on the Riemann surface tell you which …
Why is the square root of a negative number impossible?
Feb 8, 2020 · It is impossible to find the square root of negative one, or the square root of any negative number, because no number times itself can equal a negative number.
Square roots -- positive and negative - Mathematics Stack Exchange
For convenience, the square root of non-negative real numbers is usually taken to be the non-negative real value, but there is nothing other than practicality to stop you from taking some …
Derivative of square root - Mathematics Stack Exchange
What would be the derivative of square roots? For example if I have $2 \\sqrt{x}$ or $\\sqrt{x}$. I'm unsure how to find the derivative of these and include them especially in something like implicit.
Approximating square roots using binomial expansion.
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