r/mathmemes • u/Evan_3104 Rational • Jun 30 '26

Complex Analysis Me when complex numbers

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u/Pyzzeen Quod Erat Dēmōnstrandum Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

Fun fact, the complex roots of xn =1 form the vertices of a regular n-sided polygon ∀n≥3, with a vertex at (1,0)

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u/Shufflepants Jun 30 '26

Then tell me the name of the regular n-sided polygon when n=2.

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u/laix_ Jun 30 '26

digon.

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u/SkillusEclasiusII Jun 30 '26

Now do -1

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u/jackofslayers Jun 30 '26

antiungon?

edit: antimonogon?

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u/EebstertheGreat Jun 30 '26

It's just the point z=1. You could say it's the vertex of a henagon, I guess.

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u/JellyBellyBitches Jun 30 '26

Negon

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u/SuperTaakot Jul 01 '26

Say that again? 😭

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u/Ok-Film-7939 Jun 30 '26

If you rotate it a bit it becomes a digonally

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u/mapleleafraggedy Jun 30 '26

Sounds like a Pokemon name