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OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

\[x={-1 \over x}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

x= i

OpenStudy (kinggeorge):

multiplying by \(x\) on both sides, \(x^2 = -1\) so be definition, \(x=i=\sqrt{-1}\)

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

so where does the negative sign go?

OpenStudy (kinggeorge):

By definition, \(\sqrt{-1} = i\) and \(i^2 = -1\)

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

\[\sqrt{-1}={-1 \over \sqrt{-1}}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes, it's definitive that -√(i)=i^-1, I thought.

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

the negative comes from the index?.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i^n=i^nmod(4)

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