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minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 hours agoWhy assume the solution is in the complex numbers, and not in the real numbers (2 solutions) the algebraic numbers (countably many) the natural numbers (1 solution) the complex surreal numbers (proper-class many) Gotta use some context to interpret these things :)
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoWell it’s not physics. Show 'em what happens when you don’t specify those kinds of things.
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoI don’t think teachers need to specify that answers should be in the largest class of numbers students have been introduced to so far at school :) If students are smart and motivated enough to learn about other stuff outside of school, they’re smart enough to interpret the question.
Why assume the solution is in the complex numbers, and not in
Gotta use some context to interpret these things :)
Well it’s not physics. Show 'em what happens when you don’t specify those kinds of things.
I don’t think teachers need to specify that answers should be in the largest class of numbers students have been introduced to so far at school :)
If students are smart and motivated enough to learn about other stuff outside of school, they’re smart enough to interpret the question.