The Square Root's Existential Crisis

The Square Root's Existential Crisis
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The square root of x is having an identity crisis. It's like, "Am I the half-power of x? The reciprocal of the square root? WHO AM I?" This is what happens when math notation gets too clever for its own good. Mathematicians could have written x^(1/2), but no—they had to make it look like the square root was getting a radical haircut. No wonder students break into cold sweats during exams.

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