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Why was the square root invinted?

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14y ago
Updated: 10/17/2024

To give mathematical completeness; it enables all sums to be solvable, (even if this just means proving that they have no answer) in the same way that inventing "negative numbers", "zero" and "imaginary numbers" enable all maths to be solvable. (Not that all sums have answers).

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