Imagining Numbers (Particularly the Square Root of

Imagining Numbers (Particularly the Square Root of

Imagining Numbers (Particularly the Square Root of

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The Story

Mazur considers the range of our imaginative experiences, especially in relation to mathematics. When we imagine a number, in particular an impossible number such as the square root of a negative quantity, what imaginative object might this bring to mind?

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Mazur considers the range of our imaginative experiences, especially in relation to mathematics. When we imagine a number, in particular an impossible number such as the square root of a negative quantity, what imaginative object might this bring to mind?