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Comment author: JoshuaZ 15 March 2011 02:45:04AM -1 points [-]

However, on behalf of my left-handed friends, I claim that -i is the true square root of -1.

The map x+iy -> x-iy is an isomorphism. So i and -i are mathematically indistinguishable.

Comment author: komponisto 15 March 2011 04:10:55AM 4 points [-]

Yes, that was precisely the joke. :-)