Anonymous at Sun, 3 Nov 2024 20:39:26 UTC No. 16461368

>>16461361
they're not part of the reals but they're ontologically real. "imaginary" and "real" in mathematics are misnomers used for historical reasons and complex numbers show up all over the place in physics.
they exist.

Anonymous at Sun, 3 Nov 2024 20:51:51 UTC No. 16461379

>>16461368
If you are saying they exist then I take it you are a realist?

Anonymous at Sun, 3 Nov 2024 20:53:19 UTC No. 16461381

>>16461379
yes

Anonymous at Sun, 3 Nov 2024 20:54:21 UTC No. 16461383

i wish that mathfags had just called them "really cool numbers" so that tardons would have never had a problem with them

Anonymous at Mon, 4 Nov 2024 19:14:44 UTC No. 16462526

>>16461361
nah, man, they ain't real.

Anonymous at Mon, 4 Nov 2024 19:51:31 UTC No. 16462588

>>16461361
do "natural numbers" "exsist"?
3 is a concept and so is 3 + 3i