A83: Iota?!?


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A83: Iota?!?




>  >ok enuff about deviding by 0 and it square root, what would the
square
root
>  of
>  >Iota be, lodgicaly it should be imposible becouse Iota = the smalest
amount
>  >posible( sqr. root of Iota = ERROR)   what my calc says is
.7071067812+.70..
> .
>  >??????? 
>  
>  Sigh. If your calculator says .7071067812+.70... then it means that
if you
>  press right, you'll see the rest of the answer. Probably ends with
>an i.
>>ok, yes it did but...
>Iota is the smalest # corect? so how could it get smaller?

AAAAAGH! (tearing hair out) That's NOT "Iota, the smallest quantity
possible"! That's i, the imaginary unit, the square root of negative
one. If you don't believe me, square it and you'll get -1.




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