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``imaginary unit'' by alozano on 2003-12-04 13:01:00

I would rather say something like:

We define "i" to be a root of f(X)=X^2-1=0. With this choice, the polynomial f has two roots, namely i and -i.

But I guess the entry is fine as it is.

Alvaro 
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