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Comment author: Clippy 15 March 2011 03:55:53PM 1 point [-]

I claim that -i is the true square root of -1.

Both i and -i are square roots of -1. For any non-zero complex number c there exist n n-th roots, corresponding to a rotationally symmetric partition of a circle centered on the origin into n "wedges" such that one boundary falls along the line joining the origin and c.

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