Conversing with Mathematicians - eviltoast
  • Malgas@beehaw.org
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    4 months ago

    Probably what they were going for, but there are literally an infinite number of exotic arithmetic spaces you could ask this question in. For example, x=10 works in any ring with a modulus greater than 100 and less than 1000.

    • Umbrias@beehaw.org
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      4 months ago

      fortunately math problems are administered in the context of the class, so it will be pretty obvious that it’s in the complex plane.