Radical Names
6√2 fills out a government form and can't list all its equivalent forms, so 'radicals refuse to fill out government forms.'
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-02-27-radical-names/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[Form] NAME: 6√2 · ID NUMBER: 8.4852813742385702928101… · OTHER NAMES USED: √72, 2√18, 3√8, 12/√2 … um, when should I stop?
[Caption] "This is why radicals refuse to fill out government forms."