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Math Genre: Sci-Fi

May 27, 2025

An equation retold as a sci-fi story.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025-05-27-math-genres--math-genre-sci-fi/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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Sci-Fi: i = √−1 [a flying saucer piloted by i] "From some unknown plane of existence, wholly orthogonal to our own, the alien creature descended…"

Topics
Algebra › Complex Numbers
Level
High SchoolCollege
Themes
Literature & MythCommon MistakesPunsLanguage & Wordplay