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[-] FishFace@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Why assume the solution is in the complex numbers, and not in

  • the real numbers (2 solutions)
  • the algebraic numbers (countably many)
  • the natural numbers (1 solution)
  • the complex surreal numbers (proper-class many)

Gotta use some context to interpret these things :)

[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Well it's not physics. Show 'em what happens when you don't specify those kinds of things.

[-] FishFace@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

I don't think teachers need to specify that answers should be in the largest class of numbers students have been introduced to so far at school :)

If students are smart and motivated enough to learn about other stuff outside of school, they're smart enough to interpret the question.

this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2026
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