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In math, "imaginary numbers" such as the square root of -1 are used regularly despite the fact that, according to math, the square root of -1 should not be possible to solve. Math is supposed to make sense. How on earth does i work, and why can't it be worked out logically? Or can it?

by /u/the_twilight_bard in /r/askscience

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