From: Chris 

Thus, the square root of -1 is considered an "Imaginary" number


(No, I really don't make this stuff up!  LOL)

/Chris

Geo wrote:
> Oh ok, no such thing as the square root of -1 either but that never stopped
> anyone from imagining that it exists..
>
> Geo.
>
> "Ellen K." 
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>>Except there is no such thing as infinity minus one because that would
>>require infinity to be finite.
>>
>>On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:49:39 -0500, "Geo"
 wrote in
>>message :
>>
>>
>>>"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
>>>news:41d5a621$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>
>>>
>>>>  I'm not sure I buy that part of relativity.
>>>
>>>Easy enough to test, infinity minus 1 comes before infinity. All you have
>
> to
>
>>>do is head towards a black hole with the engines at full, you should
>
> reach
>
>>>the speed of light just before the event horizon which should be an
>>>observable event.
>>>
>>>Geo.
>>>
>>
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