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Jul 2022
10m 51s

Imaginary Numbers

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media
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In the history of mathematics, there were several times when mathematicians encountered problems that they didn’t know what to make of. It wasn’t a case of a problem with a very difficult solution so much as it was a problem that didn’t seem to make any sense.  In one such case, the resolution of the problem led to an entirely new branch of mathematics. Lear ... Show More
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