hagman
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Re: -1 x -1 ?
Posted:
May 12, 2009 4:17 AM
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On 12 Mai, 06:59, Kayama <yano...@earth.ocn.ne.jp> wrote:
> If we can use the expression -1=e^{i\pi}, we can show
> -1*-1=e^{i\pi}*e^{i\pi}=1 readily:
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> if we rotate once 1 (the vector 01) by \pi rad around the origin anticlockwise on the complex plane, we obtain
> -1. Further likewise if we rotate -1 by \pi rad once more, we can obtain -1*-1=1.
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> At least I understand -1*-1=1 in this way.
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> In that way we can obtain i (imaginary unit), if we rotate 1 by \pi/2 around the origin anticlockwise.
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> If we cannnot allow to use the expression -1=e^[i\pi}, I don't understand -1*-1=1 vividly.
Well, (-1)*(-1) = 1 holds in all rings, not just in the field C.
And I doubt you can prove a lot about the exponential function
without making use of (-1)*(-1) = 1 somewhere ...
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