Re: 1+i > i

From: Ronald Bruck (bruck_at_math.usc.edu)
Date: 08/15/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 02:15:04 -0700

In article <cfmg81$q2l$1@news.hananet.net>, mina_world
<mina_world@hanmail.net> wrote:

> hello.....doctor~
>
>
> (1+i)-i = 1 > 0
>
> => (1+i) > i
>
> ----------------------------
> um........of course, impossible ??
>
> i know that complex numbers can't compare about size.
>
> but this process is very plausible as paradox.
>
> i want to know the basic cause.
>
> thank you very much your advice.
>
> thank you, sir~

When you talk about mullets, first you have to make sure they are fish.

We write a > b in an ordered field if, and only if, (a-b) is positive.
The a and b are your mullets; are you sure they're fish (members of an
ordered field)? Well, in this case, they're not!

--Ron Bruck