• eran_morad@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Yes, and one CAN integrate by taking paper cuttings and dispense entirely with the idea of infinity.

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      11 months ago

      I was just trying to make an argument that imaginary numbers were technically not necessary and thus it makes historical sense that they werent seen as something ‘real’. Im not trying to get people to stop using them ;)