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[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 73 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Last time I saw this kind of challenge it was on reddit and I just replied with ℝ, but people brought up that this leaves out complex numbers. I'll now contend, however, that any number not included in that isn't real.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 31 points 11 months ago (4 children)
[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago

Quaternions hello?

[–] hernanca@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What about quaternions and octonions and ...

[–] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago

{x | x is a number}

[–] Toldry@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

That leaves out quaternions

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] zzx@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

This image goes so hard

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Just like birds, complex numbers aren't real!

Screw you sqrt(-1), you aren't even a real number, you poser!

[–] vsh@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago
[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Complex numbers? That sounds imaginary.