Is This Imaginary?

[Shaun.P]

If number is real, the answer is real. On the other hand if it is complex the result is complex. Aside from the fact that Squilly's reasoning was embarrassingly wrong, no one seemed to realized that number could be negative or non-real. The answer to his question depends on the properties of number.

True. I never imagined number being complex.

The answer will just always be -number.

 

[Squilly]

If number is real, the answer is real. On the other hand if it is complex the result is complex. Aside from the fact that Squilly's reasoning was embarrassingly wrong, no one seemed to realized that number could be negative or non-real. The answer to his question depends on the properties of number.

My logic isn't that wrong...

 

[S.B.G]

My logic isn't that wrong...

Typically in mathematics one is either correct or incorrect. To the best of my limited knowledge math doesn't have any gray areas.

So if I am correct, saying "that wrong" in the context of math would be wholly inaccurate.

 

[mobilehaathi]

My logic isn't that wrong...

An answer to a math problem is typically right or wrong. If you get the wrong answer to a problem by simply making a trivial mistake not integral to the logic of the solution, then while the answer may be wrong the solution can be correct. (This is all personal opinion.) However, if the logic of the proposed solution is completely mangled, then there is some room for 'degrees of wrongness.'

In your case, yes you were that wrong.