276
Becky (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by Zpk1a@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Opisek@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

So close yet so far. If only you had read ONE more paragraph.

Every nonnegative real number x has a unique nonnegative square root, called the principal square root or simply the square root (with a definite article, see below), which is denoted by √x where the symbol "√" is called the radical sign or radix.

[-] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This sentence made no sense to me as it directly contradicted the previous one. But it's just a confusion on my part between the function called square root, which confusingly outputs two different numbers called "square roots", and "the" number called square root; I've edited my comment. Thanks for correcting me!

[-] Opisek@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, I see how that can happen. Very confusing to have the same name for two things differentiated only by the use of a definite or indefinite article.

this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2024
276 points (100.0% liked)

Comic Strips

18521 readers
1396 users here now

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

Web of links

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS