Everyone Has Principles, Even The √ Function

Everyone Has Principles, Even The √ Function
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The square root function is having an existential crisis! In regular math, we're taught that square roots only work on positive numbers. But then complex numbers show up and suddenly √-1 = i becomes perfectly valid.

What's really happening is that in complex analysis, the square root function has two branches (two possible values for each input), which is blowing this poor mathematician's mind. It's like finding out your calculator has been living a double life this whole time.

The bell curve in the background is just the perfect touch - suggesting only the truly galaxy-brain mathematicians in the middle understand this concept while everyone else is either too confused or too smart to care.

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