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Re:Code is run more than read by thaumasiotes on Friday December 01, 2023 @02:33AM (#38484152)
An imaginary number wouldn't obey the stated constraint of being real.
Re:Code is run more than read by coldtea on Friday December 01, 2023 @05:58AM (#38485414)
No, but if the parent's question goes beyond "how can this happen with reals" to "how can this happen with numbers in general", this answers his question.
Re:Code is run more than read by thaumasiotes on Friday December 01, 2023 @09:44AM (#38487216)
The very next example on the page is "imagine two complex numbers with the same magnitude and different angles". For that to answer the parent's question, you'd have to assume he stopped reading immediately after seeing the part he quoted.

The question is why the page says "imagine two real numbers that aren't comparable".